pam_wtmpdb is a PAM module to record the login and logout information of the user. The module uses
/var/log/wtmp.db
as database file to store all information.
Compared to some
wtmp(5)
implementations this PAM module is Y2038 safe and uses sqlite3 to store the information.
OPTIONS
debug
-
Print debug information.
silent
-
Avoid all messages except errors.
skip_if=<services>
-
The argument
services
is a comma separated list of PAM services. If a service is listed here, no wtmpdb entry is written.
database=<file>
-
Use
file
instead of
/var/log/wtmp.db.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
The
session
module type is provided for updating the wtmp database with the login and logout information about an user.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS
-
Everything was successful.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
-
Internal service module error. This includes error reading from or writing to the database.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
-
User not known.
PAM_IGNORE
-
Returned by service types which do nothing.
EXAMPLES
Add the following line to e.g.
/etc/pam.d/login
to display the last login time of a user:
-
session required pam_wtmpdb.so
FILES
/var/log/wtmp.db
-
Wtmpdb logging database file
/var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db
-
Symbolic link from the upstream location to the above database file
SEE ALSO
wtmpdb(8),
pam.conf(5),
pam.d(5),
pam(8)
AUTHOR
pam_wtmpdb was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>.
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
-
- RETURN VALUES
-
- EXAMPLES
-
- FILES
-
- SEE ALSO
-
- AUTHOR
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