System Administration Guide

How to Display a User's Login Status

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Display a user's login status by using the logins command.

# logins -x -l username

`-x`	Displays an extended set of login status information.
`-l` `username`	Displays login status for the specified user. `username` is a user's login name. Multiple login names must be specified as a comma-separated list.

The logins command uses the local /etc/passwd file and the NIS or NIS+ password databases to obtain a user's login status.

Example--Displaying a User's Login Status

The following example displays login status for the user rimmer.

# logins -x -l rimmer
rimmer       500     staff           10   Arnold J. Rimmer
                     /export/home/rimmer
                     /bin/sh
                     PS 010170 10 7 -1

In this example,

`rimmer`	Identifies the user's login name.
`500`	Identifies the UID (user ID).
`staff`	Identifies the user's primary group.
`10`	Identifies the GID (group ID).
`Arnold J. Rimmer`	Identifies the comment.
`/export/home/rimmer`	Identifies the user's home directory.
`/bin/sh`	Identifies the login shell.
`PS 010170 10 7 -1`	Specifies the password aging information: o Last date password was changed o Number of days required between changes o Number of days allowed before a change is required o Warning period