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LOGINX(3)               NetBSD 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 VALUES
logoutx() returns 1 on success, and 0 if no corresponding entry was found.
SEE ALSO
endutxent(3), utmpx(5) NetBSD 9.0 September 26, 2002 NetBSD 9.0

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