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Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils/lslogins.1')
-rw-r--r-- | login-utils/lslogins.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/lslogins.1 b/login-utils/lslogins.1 index ff6b7d867..001ec10f7 100644 --- a/login-utils/lslogins.1 +++ b/login-utils/lslogins.1 @@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ lslogins \- display information about known users in the system .RB [ \-s | \-u [ =\fIUID ]] .RB [ \-g " \fIgroups\fR]" .RB [ \-l " \fIlogins\fR]" +.RB [\fIusername\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Examine the wtmp and btmp logs, /etc/shadow (if necessary) and /etc/passwd and output the desired data. + +The optional argument \fIusername\fR forces +.BR lslogins +to print all available details about the specified user only. In this case the +output format is different than in case of \fB\-l\fR or \fB\-g\fR. + .PP The default action is to list info about all the users in the system. .SH OPTIONS @@ -39,7 +46,8 @@ Show information about supplementary groups. .TP \fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-groups\fR=\fIgroups\fR Only show data of users belonging to \fIgroups\fR. More than one group -may be specified; the list has to be comma-separated. +may be specified; the list has to be comma-separated. The unknown group +names are ignored. Note that relation between user and group may be invisible for primary group if the user is not explicitly specify as group member (e.g. in /etc/group). If the @@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ Display data containing information about the users' last login sessions. \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-logins\fR=\fIlogins\fR Only show data of users with a login specified in \fIlogins\fR (user names or user IDS). More than one login may be specified; the list has to be comma-separated. +The unknown login names are ignored. .TP \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-newline\fR Display each piece of information on a separate line. |