In message <462.787T2050T866003optimus@canit.se>, "Iggy Drougge" writes:
>I'd like to add a section to my daily security output, listing all users=
 who
>have, or are, logged in during the day. Unfortunately, there doesn't see=
m to
>be any facility in last(1) for that. How would I go about solving this i=
n a
>simple way? It might even be an area of future improvement in last. =3D)=


How far back do you need login records?  You might want to add some =

code to /etc/daily.local to rename /var/log/wtmp daily instead of =

weekly, in which case 'last' would give you what you want.

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