X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45FD9134.9070500@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:21:24 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: lastlog command? References: <200703172358.l2HNwvEn029318@www.harkless.org> In-Reply-To: <200703172358.l2HNwvEn029318@www.harkless.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Dan Harkless wrote: > Howdy. It seems strange that on Cygwin, the /var/log/lastlog file is > maintained (at least by openssh -- not sure if other types of logins go > there), yet there's no 'lastlog' command. I understand that openssh uses it > to let you know when your last login was (once you've logged in), but it > would be nice to be able to use it to verify that certain accounts have > never logged in, without having to create passwords for them and ssh into > them. > > Now that I've discovered this (and discovered the non-obvious ability to > search for pathnames like bin/last at -- it > would be nice if there were a little "Help" link by the "Search Package > List" box letting people know how the search works -- also I would change > the lefthand side link "Setup Package Search" to just "Package Search"), > I've installed the sysvinit package so I can use the 'last' command, but of > course that won't allow me to access the historical data in > /var/log/lastlog. > > Are there any plans to port the lastlog command to Cygwin? It would seem > like it ought to be a pretty straightforward one. Packages (with particular utilities) are contributed by volunteers. See for information on how to contribute a package to Cygwin. If you're interested, this is the best way to get a particular package into Cygwin's distribution. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/