Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in?

From	Todd <Todd@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in?
Date	2011-05-04 13:29 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 05/04/2011 11:59 AM, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On May 4, 2011 14:50, in comp.os.linux.misc, Todd@invalid.com wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Is there a way to have gmd log who logs in and
>> when they logged back out?  Not having much luck
>> Googling this.  :-(
>
> gdm, like all other "login methods" updates utmp and wtmp when users log in
> and log out.
>
> You can use
>    /usr/sbin/lastlog
> or
>    /usr/bin/last
> to see the last login/logout times for all users.
>
> Additionally,
>    /usr/bin/who
> will tell you who's logged in (and at what time), and
>    /usr/bin/w
> not only reports who's logged in, but what they are currently doing
>
> HTH

Wow.  Thank you.  Even better than what I asked!

-T

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gdm: how do I log who logs in? Todd <Todd@invalid.com> - 2011-05-04 11:50 -0700
  Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in? Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2011-05-04 14:59 -0400
    Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in? Todd <Todd@invalid.com> - 2011-05-04 13:29 -0700
  Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-05-04 20:00 +0100
    Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in? Todd <Todd@invalid.com> - 2011-05-04 13:29 -0700
  Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in? Bill Marcum <bill@lat.localnet> - 2011-05-05 15:35 -0400
    Re: gdm: how do I log who logs in? Todd <Todd@invalid.com> - 2011-05-06 13:46 -0700

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