- About lastb : To show listing of last logged in users
- It comes from “sysvinit-tools-2.87” package.
- Configuration Files:
- Path: /usr/bin/lastb
Examples:
1. To see the list of last logged in users
| $ last |
2. To specify last to use mentioned file instead of /var/log/wtmp
| $ last -f /path/file |
3. To restrict last to show specified number of lines
| $ last -num 10 $ last -n 10 |
4. To display the state of logins for specified time
| $ last -t YYYYMMDDHHMMSS $ last -t 20140627081600 |
5. To suppress the display of hostname field
| $ last -R |
6. To display the hostname in last column
| $ last -a |
7. To translate the IP to hostname for remote logins
| $ last -d |
8. To print the full login and logout time and dates
| $ last -F |
9. To display the IP in numbers and dots for remote logins
| $ last -i |
10. To display the full user and domain name in output
| $ last -w |
11. To display the system shutdown entries and run level changes
| $ last -x |
Related Commands: shutdown, login, init
