NAME¶

pam_lastlog2 - PAM module to display date of last login

SYNOPSIS¶

pam_lastlog2.so [debug] [silent] [silent_if=<services>] [database=<file>]

DESCRIPTION¶

pam_lastlog2 is a PAM module to display a line of information about the last login of the user. The module uses the /var/lib/lastlog/lastlog2.db database file to store all informations.

Compared to pam_lastlog this PAM module is Y2038 safe and uses sqlite3 to store the information.

OPTIONS¶

debug

silent

silent_if=<services>

database=<file>

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED¶

The session module type is provided for displaying the information about the last login and updating the lastlog file.

RETURN VALUES¶

PAM_SUCCESS

PAM_SERVICE_ERR

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

PAM_IGNORE

EXAMPLES¶

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

session optional pam_lastlog2.so silent_if=gdm,gdm-password

It is up to the administrator to decide if the user can login (optional/required) when pam_lastlog2 has returned an error.

AUTHOR¶

pam_lastlog2 was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>.

SEE ALSO¶

liblastlog2(3), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)

REPORTING BUGS¶

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY¶

The pam_lastlog2 library is part of the util-linux package since version 2.40. It can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.