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NAME

       pam_lastlog - PAM module to display date of last login

SYNOPSIS

       pam_lastlog.so [debug] [silent] [never] [nodate] [nohost] [noterm]
                      [nowtmp] [noupdate] [showfailed]

DESCRIPTION

       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
       /var/log/lastlog file.

       Some applications may perform this function themselves. In such cases,
       this module is not necessary.

OPTIONS

       debug
           Print debug information.

       silent
           Don't inform the user about any previous login, just update the
           /var/log/lastlog file.

       never
           If the /var/log/lastlog file does not contain any old entries for
           the user, indicate that the user has never previously logged in
           with a welcome message.

       nodate
           Don't display the date of the last login.

       noterm
           Don't display the terminal name on which the last login was
           attempted.

       nohost
           Don't indicate from which host the last login was attempted.

       nowtmp
           Don't update the wtmp entry.

       noupdate
           Don't update any file.

       showfailed
           Display number of failed login attempts and the date of the last
           failed attempt from btmp. The date is not displayed when nodate is
           specified.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

       Only the session module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES

       PAM_SUCCESS
           Everything was successful.

       PAM_SERVICE_ERR
           Internal service module error.

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
           User not known.

EXAMPLES

       Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to display the last login
       time of an user:

               session  required  pam_lastlog.so nowtmp

FILES

       /var/log/lastlog
           Lastlog logging file

SEE ALSO

       pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)

AUTHOR

       pam_lastlog was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.