utempter

Langue: en

Version: 2003-03-21 (openSuse - 09/10/07)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

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)