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NAME

login - "log a new login record to the utmp and wtmp files"

CONTENTS

Library
Synopsis
Description
Return Values
See Also
Bugs

LIBRARY


.Lb libutil

SYNOPSIS


.In sys/types.h
.In utmp.h
.In libutil.h void login "struct utmp *ut"

DESCRIPTION

The function login records the ut entry being passed into the appropriate slot of the utmp(5) file, and appends it to the wtmp(5) file. The calling process must have permission to write to both files.

RETURN VALUES

None.

SEE ALSO

logout(3), ttyslot(3), utmp(5), wtmp(5)

BUGS

 
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