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Maintain your own little db using the info from wtmp and then you are not relying upon wtmp but only to get the info and keep in your own db. Wags ;) -----Original Message----- From: gkhgkh@attbi.com [mailto:gkhgkh@attbi.com] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:59 To: beginners@perl.org; Peter Lemus Subject: Re: Calculating Last Login on Unix That gives me the information I want, the problem is it relies on wtmp. I believe wtmp gets nulled out on an ipl of the server and therefore nulls wtmp. Therefore I lose my history. What I am trying to do is identify user IDs that have not been used for say 60 days and get rid of them. Thanks for your help > umm. you can run the "last" command and grep for the > last login id. Is this what you need? > > --- gkhgkh@attbi.com wrote: > > Is there a module or a method using perl to > > calculate > > the last login date for a user. I know I can do > > this by > > installing accounting, however I prefer not to do to > > > > other issues. > > > > Any thoughts/help is appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > beginners-help@perl.org > > > > > ===== > Peter Lemus > UNIX/NT Networks Engineer > plemus11@yahoo.com > > --The universe is way too big for us to be alone; the real question is; who is > out-there, besides us "humans"? > --A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave. Dr.David > Schwartz. > --Enjoy every moment of the day; Live like as if today was your last day alive, > and perhaps, it might be. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > http://health.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.orgThread Previous | Thread Next