LASTLOG2(8)

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version 2.42.2 · 9 versions
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✨ LASTLOG2 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to lastlog2 — that's section 8 of the manual, the User Commands girlies, and she is literally the main character of "when did everyone last log in" 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

lastlog2 — displays date of last login for all users or a specific one ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lastlog2 [options]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

lastlog2 displays the content of the last-login database. The login-name, last-login-time, tty and remote-host will be printed. By default (no flags, like, just vibing with zero options) all last-login entries are printed, in the order they were first written into the database. 🗂️

If a user has never logged in, the message Never logged in is displayed in the last-login-time column. (ghost user behaviour fr fr 👻)

Only the entries for the current users of the system are displayed. Other entries may exist for users that have meanwhile been deleted — RIP to them, but they're not on this list 💀

Compared to lastlog(8), this command is Y2038-safe, and uses SQLite3 instead of a sparse file to store the information. no cap, she is future-proofed 🔥

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -a, --active — Do not print entries for users who have never logged in. only the ones who actually showed up 💅
  • -b, --before days — Print only the last-login records older than days. ancient history only 🏺
  • -C, --clear — Clear the last-login record of a user. This option can only be used together with -u (--user). she does NOT fly solo 🚫
  • -d, --database file — Use file as lastlog2 database. pick your own database, entrepreneur energy 👜
  • -i, --import file — Import data from an old lastlog file named file. Existing entries in the lastlog2 database will be overwritten. ⚠️ yes bestie, overwritten — say bye to what was there 🙈
  • -r, --rename newname — Rename the user given with -u to this newname. This option can only be used together with -u (--user). glow-up era, new name who dis ✨
  • -s, --service — Display the PAM service used to login in the last column. receipts on how they got in 🔍
  • -S, --set — Set the last-login record of a user to the current time. This option can only be used together with -u (--user). time-travel, but make it now ⏰
  • -t, --time days — Print only last-login records more recent than days. fresh entries only, no stale vibes 🥐
  • -u, --user login — Print (or modify) the last-login record of the user login. the VIP pass to one specific person 👑
  • -h, --help — Display help text and exit. 🫶
  • -V, --version — Display version and exit. ⭐

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /var/lib/lastlog/lastlog2.db — Lastlog2 logging database file 🗄️

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

lastlog2 was written by Thorsten Kukuk for liblastlog2(3). king behaviour, we stan 👏

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • liblastlog2(3)

(iykyk, go read the library page too 💜)

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>. don't be shy, tell them what broke 🙈

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

The lastlog2 command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. go get her 🧚

💌 and that's the whole page bestie — sourced from util-linux 2.42.2, dated 2026-06-16, filed under LASTLOG2(8). now go check who's been logging in 🍓💖
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