LOGINX(3) BSD Library Functions Manual LOGINX(3)NAME
loginx, logoutx, logwtmpx — login utility functions
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <util.h>
void
loginx(const struct utmpx *ut);
int
logoutx(const char *line, int status, int type);
void
logwtmpx(const char *line, const char *name, const char *host,
int status, int type);
DESCRIPTION
The loginx(), logoutx(), and logwtmpx() operate on the utmpx(5) database
of currently logged in users, and the wtmpx(5) database of logins and
logouts.
The loginx() function updates the /var/run/utmpx and /var/log/wtmpx data‐
bases with the information from ut.
logoutx() updates the entry corresponding to line with the type and sta‐
tus from type and status.
logwtmpx() writes an entry filled with data from line, name, host,
status, and type to the wtmpx(5) database.
RETURN VALUESlogoutx() returns 1 on success, and 0 if no corresponding entry was
found.
SEE ALSOendutxent(3), utmpx(5)BSD September 26, 2002 BSD