UTEMPTER(8) Linux System Administrator's Manual UTEMPTER(8)NAME
utempter - privileged helper program for utmp/wtmp updates
SYNOPSIS
utempter -a slave-device-name host
utempter -d slave-device-name
DESCRIPTION
utempter is a privileged helper program that writes utmp/wtmp entries
for unprivileged programs.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a slave-device-name host
add an entry to the utmp/wtmp file
-d slave-device-name
delete an entry from the utmp file
RETURN VALUE
On success, 0 is returned. On error, 1 is returned.
SEE ALSOutmp(5), utmpname(3)
2003-03-21 UTEMPTER(8)