.\"     Title: pam_lastlog
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.\"      Date: 04/16/2008
.\"    Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
.\"    Source: Linux-PAM Manual
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.TH "PAM_LASTLOG" "8" "04/16/2008" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
pam_lastlog - PAM module to display date of last login
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 15
\fBpam_lastlog\.so\fR [debug] [silent] [never] [nodate] [nohost] [noterm] [nowtmp]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
pam_lastlog is a PAM module to display a line of information about the last login of the user\. In addition, the module maintains the
\fI/var/log/lastlog\fR
file\.
.PP
Some applications may perform this function themselves\. In such cases, this module is not necessary\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fBdebug\fR
.RS 4
Print debug information\.
.RE
.PP
\fBsilent\fR
.RS 4
Don\'t inform the user about any previous login, just upate the
\fI/var/log/lastlog\fR
file\.
.RE
.PP
\fBnever\fR
.RS 4
If the
\fI/var/log/lastlog\fR
file does not contain any old entries for the user, indicate that the user has never previously logged in with a welcome message\.
.RE
.PP
\fBnodate\fR
.RS 4
Don\'t display the date of the last login\.
.RE
.PP
\fBnoterm\fR
.RS 4
Don\'t display the terminal name on which the last login was attempted\.
.RE
.PP
\fBnohost\fR
.RS 4
Don\'t indicate from which host the last login was attempted\.
.RE
.PP
\fBnowtmp\fR
.RS 4
Don\'t update the wtmp entry\.
.RE
.SH "MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED"
.PP
Only the
\fBsession\fR
service is supported\.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.PP
.PP
PAM_SUCCESS
.RS 4
Everything was successfull\.
.RE
.PP
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
.RS 4
Internal service module error\.
.RE
.PP
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
.RS 4
User not known\.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Add the following line to
\fI/etc/pam\.d/login\fR
to display the last login time of an user:
.sp
.RS 4
.nf
    session  required  pam_lastlog\.so nowtmp
      
.fi
.RE
.SH "FILES"
.PP
\fI/var/log/lastlog\fR
.RS 4
Lastlog logging file
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
\fBpam.d\fR(8),
\fBpam\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
pam_lastlog was written by Andrew G\. Morgan <morgan@kernel\.org>\.