UPDWTMP(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                UPDWTMP(3)



NAME
       updwtmp, logwtmp - append an entry to the wtmp file

SYNOPSIS
       #include <utmp.h>

       void updwtmp(const char *wtmp_file, const struct utmp *ut);
       void logwtmp(const char *line, const char *name, const char *host);

       For logwtmp(), link with -lutil.

DESCRIPTION
       updwtmp() appends the utmp structure ut to the wtmp file.

       logwtmp()  constructs  a utmp structure using line, name, host, current
       time and current process ID.  Then it calls  updwtmp()  to  append  the
       structure to the wtmp file.

FILES
       /var/log/wtmp
              database of past user logins

ATTRIBUTES
       For   an   explanation   of   the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see
       attributes(7).

       allbox; lb lb lbw24 l l l.  Interface Attribute Value T{ updwtmp(),
       logwtmp() T}   Thread safety  MT-Unsafe sig:ALRM timer


CONFORMING TO
       Not in POSIX.1.  Present on Solaris, NetBSD, and perhaps other systems.

NOTES
       For  consistency  with  the other "utmpx" functions (see getutxent(3)),
       glibc provides (since version 2.1):

           #include <utmpx.h> void updwtmpx  (const  char  *wtmpx_file,  const
           struct utmpx *utx);

       This  function performs the same task as updwtmp(), but differs in that
       it takes a utmpx structure as its last argument.

SEE ALSO
       getutxent(3), wtmp(5)

COLOPHON
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