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From: bgm5902@rigel.tamu.edu (MOORE, BRIAN GEORGE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: How to enable lastlogin info ?
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Date: 5 Feb 91 19:56:14 GMT
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On our MIPS workstation (an RC2030 , RISC0s4.51) we apparently don't have
any of the accounting processes running, and that's as it should be, as
we only have a few users and no reason to charge anyone.  However, we'd
like to know the last login times for the various users. Currently if 
you finger any user (who is not logged on) it always says 
'Never logged in.'

I've tried reading some of the manual pages on the multitude of accounting
commands, and I've tried a few simple/stupid things like giving the command
'/usr/lib/acct/startup' as root, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
Also, there doesn't seem to be anything in the System Administrator's
Guide describing how to use the accounting stuff.

If anyone out there could give me a few pointers, it would be greatly
appreciated.

--
Brian Moore,  Chemistry Dept., Texas A&M university
bgm5902@rigel.tamu.edu