NAME¶

utempter - privileged helper program for utmp/wtmp updates

SYNOPSIS¶

utempter -a slave-device-name host

utempter -d slave-device-name

DESCRIPTION¶

utempter is a privileged helper program that writes utmp/wtmp entries for unprivileged programs.

OPTIONS¶

The following options are supported:

-a slave-device-name host

add an entry to the utmp/wtmp file

-d slave-device-name

delete an entry from the utmp file

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, 0 is returned. On error, 1 is returned.

SEE ALSO¶

utmp(5), utmpname(3)