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Editor to share with you the use of linux last command to display the login of users or terminals, I believe that most people do not know much, so share this article for you to learn, I hope you will learn a lot after reading this article, let's go to learn the method!

The purpose of the last command is to display the recent login of a user or terminal, and by looking at the contents of the log files recorded by the system, the administrator can know who has connected or attempted to connect to the system.

When the last command is executed, it reads the file named wtmp in the / var/log directory and displays the list of users logged in to the system or terminal recorded by the file. Wtmp records are displayed by default, btmp can display more details, and remote logins can be displayed, such as ssh logins.

Syntax format: last [options]

Common parameters:

-R omit the hostname field usename displays the login message of username tty restricts the terminal code contained in the login message

Reference example

Displays the recent login status of the user or terminal:

[root@linuxcool ~] # last

Display briefly and specify the number of displays:

[root@linuxcool] # last-n 5-R

Display the last column to display the host IP address:

[root@linuxcool ~] # last-n 5-a-I is all the contents that use the last command in linux to display the login status of the user or terminal. Thank you for reading! I believe we all have a certain understanding, hope to share the content to help you, if you want to learn more knowledge, welcome to follow the industry information channel!

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