utmp(4)                          DG/UX R4.11                         utmp(4)


NAME
       utmp, wtmp, utmpx, wtmpx - user and accounting information

SYNOPSIS
   utmp
       #include <utmp.h>

   utmpx
       #include <utmpx.h>

DESCRIPTION
       These files, which hold user and accounting information for such
       commands as who(1), write(1), and login(1), have the following
       structure as defined by <utmp.h> and <utmpx.h>:

   <utmp.h>
       #define UTMPFILE "/var/adm/utmp"
       #define WTMPFILE "/var/adm/wtmp"

       The <utmp.h> header defines the utmp structure which
       includes at least the following members:

       struct utmp {
         char    utuser[];          /* User login name */
         char    utid[];            /* /etc/inittab id (usually line #) */
         char    utline[];          /* device name (console, lnxx) */
         short   utpid;             /* process id */
         short   uttype;            /* type of entry */
         struct  exitstatus {
           short   etermination;    /* Process termination status */
           short   eexit;           /* Process exit status */
         } utexit;                  /* The exit status of a process
                                     /* marked as DEADPROCESS. */
         timet  uttime;            /* time entry was made */
         char    uthost[];          /* hostname, if remote */
       };


   <utmpx.h>
       #define UTMPXFILE "/var/adm/utmpx"
       #define WTMPXFILE "/var/adm/wtmpx"

       The <utmpx.h> header defines the utmpx structure which
       includes the same members as defined above for struct utmp,
       except for uttime.  In addition, struct utmpx includes at
       least the following members:

       struct utmpx {
         struct  timeval uttv;      /* Time entry was made */
         long    utsession;         /* Session ID, used for windowing */
         short   utsyslen;          /* The significant length of uthost */
       }


   Both <utmp.h> and <utmpx.h>
       /*  The following symbolic constants are defined as possible */
       /*  values for the uttype member of the utmp and utmpx structures: */

       #define EMPTY           0 /* No valid user accounting information  */
       #define RUNLVL         1 /* A run level change */
       #define BOOTTIME       2 /* Time of system boot */
       #define OLDTIME        3 /* Time when system clock changed */
       #define NEWTIME        4 /* Time after system clock changed */
       #define INITPROCESS    5 /* A process spawned by "init" */
       #define LOGINPROCESS   6 /* Session leader of a logged in user*/
       #define USERPROCESS    7 /* A user process */
       #define DEADPROCESS    8 /* A session leader who has exited */
       #define ACCOUNTING      9
       #define FTP             128
       #define REMOTELOGIN    129
       #define REMOTEPROCESS  130
       #define UTMAXTYPE       130 /* Largest legal value of uttype */

       /*  Special strings or formats used in the utline field when  */
       /*  accounting for something other than a process  */
       /*  No string for the utline field can be more than 11 chars +  */
       /*  a NULL in length  */

       #define RUNLVLMSG  "run-level %c"
       #define BOOTMSG    "system boot"
       #define OTIMEMSG   "old time"
       #define NTIMEMSG   "new time"

FILES
       /usr/include/utmp.h  /usr/include/utmpx.h
       /var/adm/utmp        /var/adm/utmpx
       /var/adm/wtmp        /var/adm/wtmpx

SEE ALSO
       login(1), who(1), write(1), getut(3C), getutx(3C), limits(4).

NOTES
       The getut interfaces, which manipulate the utmp file, and the getutx
       interfaces, which manipulate the utmpx file, are available on both
       DG/UX for 88K and DG/UX for Intel.  However, the utmp file is present
       only on DG/UX for 88K, and the utmpx file is present only on DG/UX
       for Intel.  In cases where an interface for a particular file is used
       on a platform that does not have that file, then the interfaces all
       perform data conversion and use the file format of the host platform.
       You should use the getutx interfaces for applications on both
       platforms, since the utmpx structure provides the most information.
       It is also important to note that the sizes of some fields in the
       structures are different on the different platforms.  Whenever
       possible, use programming techniques that do not rely on hard-coded
       sizes.  For example, instead of:

       struct utmpx utmpx;
       strncpy(utmpx.ut_user, "myname", 8);

       use:

       struct utmpx utmpx;
       strncpy(utmpx.ut_user, "myname", sizeof(utmpx.ut_user));




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