How to Display a User's Login Status (System Administration Guide: Security Services)

System Administration Guide: Security Services

How to Display a User's Login Status

Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

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

`rimmer`	Identifies the user's login name.
`500`	Identifies the user ID (UID).
`staff`	Identifies the user's primary group.
`10`	Identifies the group ID (GID).
`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: Last date the password was changed Number of days that are required between changes Number of days that are allowed before a change is required Warning period