Displaying User Login Information

This section describes how to display user login information.

How to Display a User's Login Status

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. 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 the login status for the specified user. username is a user's login name. Multiple login names must be specified in a comma-separated list.

   The logins command uses the local /etc/passwd file and the name service password databases (if any) to obtain a user's login status. For more information, see the logins(1M) man page.

Example—Displaying a User's Login Status

In the following example, the login status for the user rimmer is displayed.

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

How to Display Users Without Passwords

You should make sure that all users have a valid password.

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. Display all users who have no passwords by using the logins command.

   # logins -p

   The -p option displays a list of users with no passwords. The logins command uses the local /etc/passwd file and the name service password databases to obtain a user's login status.

Example—Displaying Users Without Passwords

The following example shows that the user pmorph does not have a password.

# logins -p
pmorph          501     other           1       Polly Morph
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