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NAME
       lslogins - display information about known users in the system

SYNOPSIS
       lslogins [options] [-s|-u[=UID]] [-g groups] [-l logins]

DESCRIPTION
       Examine	the  wtmp  and	btmp  logs,  /etc/shadow  (if  necessary)  and
       /etc/passwd and output the desired data.

       The default action is to list info about all the users in the system.

OPTIONS
       Mandatory arguments to long options are	mandatory  for	short  options
       too.

       -a, --acc-expiration
	      Display  data  about  the	 date  of last password change and the
	      account  expiration  date	 (see  shadow(5)   for	 more	info).
	      (Requires root privileges.)

       --btmp-file path
	      Alternate path for btmp.

       -c, --colon-separate
	      Separate info about each user with a colon instead of a newline.

       -e, --export
	      Output data in the format of NAME=VALUE.

       -f, --failed
	      Display data about the users' last failed login attempts.

       -G, --supp-groups
	      Show information about groups.

       -g, --groups=groups
	      Only  show  data	of  users  belonging to groups.	 More than one
	      group may be specified; the list has to be comma-separated.

       -h, --help
	      Display help information and exit.

       -L, --last
	      Display data containing information about the users' last	 login
	      sessions.

       -l, --logins=logins
	      Only  show  data of users with a login specified in logins (user
	      names or user IDS).  More than one login may be  specified;  the
	      list has to be comma-separated.

       -n, --newline
	      Display each piece of information on a separate line.

       --noheadings
	      Do not print a header line.

       --notruncate
	      Don't truncate output.

       -o, --output list
	      Specify which output columns to print.  Use --help to get a list
	      of all supported columns.

       -p, --pwd
	      Display information related  to  login  by  password  (see  also
	      -afL).

       -r, --raw
	      Raw output (no columnation).

       -s, --system-accs
	      Show  system accounts.  These are by default all accounts with a
	      UID below 1000 (non-inclusive), with  the	 exception  of	either
	      nobody  or  nfsnobody (UID 65534).  This hardcoded default maybe
	      overwritten by parameters SYS_UID_MIN  and  SYS_UID_MAX  in  the
	      file /etc/login.defs.

       --time-format type
	      Display  dates  in  short,  full	or iso format.	The default is
	      short, this time format is designed to be	 space	efficient  and
	      human readable.

       -u, --user-accs
	      Show  user accounts.  These are by default all accounts with UID
	      above 1000 (inclusive), with the exception of either  nobody  or
	      nfsnobody (UID 65534).  This hardcoded default maybe overwritten
	      by parameters UID_MIN and UID_MAX in the file /etc/login.defs.

       -V, --version
	      Display version information and exit.

       --wtmp-file path
	      Alternate path for wtmp.

       -Z, --context
	      Display the users' security context.

       -z, --print0
	      Delimit user entries with a nul character, instead of a newline.


NOTES
       The default UID thresholds are read from /etc/login.defs.


EXIT STATUS
       0      if OK,

       1      if incorrect arguments specified,

       2      if a serious error occurs (e.g. a corrupt log).

SEE ALSO
       group(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), utmp(5)

HISTORY
       The lslogins utility is inspired by the	logins	utility,  which	 first
       appeared in FreeBSD 4.10.

AUTHORS
       Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
       Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>


AVAILABILITY
       The lslogins command is part of the util-linux package and is available
       from Linux Kernel  Archive  <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-
       linux/>.



util-linux			  April 2014			   LSLOGINS(1)