SYSTEMD-UP...P.SERVICE(8)

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💅 SYSTEMD-UP...P.SERVICE(8) 💅

okay bestie, so this page lives in the systemd-update-utmp.service manual — yes the title got chopped to SYSTEMD-UP...P.SERVICE(8) because apparently even man pages have to fit in the group chat name limit 😭 — and it's literally all about the three little icons that keep your login records from going feral.

✨ NAME ✨

systemd-update-utmp.service, systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service, systemd-update-utmp — the trio that writes audit and utmp updates at bootup, runlevel changes and shutdown. no cap, that's the whole job. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

systemd-update-utmp.service

systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service

/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-update-utmp

three iconic entries, three separate vibes, all listed exactly like that. periodt. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service is the main character here — it's a service that writes SysV runlevel changes to utmp and wtmp, as well as the audit logs, as they occur. as they occur!! real-time queen behavior. ✨

and systemd-update-utmp.service does the same thing for system reboots and shutdown requests. same energy, different moment. 🫶

ngl it's lowkey just bookkeeping, but somebody has to do it or your utmp file is out here lying to everyone about who's logged in 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk 🌈

k that's the whole page, short and sweet, ate and left no crumbs 🍓 this was the systemd 257.3 era of the docs — mwah, love you, go log in somewhere 💜🧚

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