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+pam_lastlog — PAM module to display date of last login and perform inactive
+account lock out
+
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+DESCRIPTION
+
+pam_lastlog is a PAM module to display a line of information about the last
+login of the user. In addition, the module maintains the /var/log/lastlog file.
+
+Some applications may perform this function themselves. In such cases, this
+module is not necessary.
+
+The module checks LASTLOG_UID_MAX option in /etc/login.defs and does not update
+or display last login records for users with UID higher than its value. If the
+option is not present or its value is invalid, no user ID limit is applied.
+
+If the module is called in the auth or account phase, the accounts that were
+not used recently enough will be disallowed to log in. The check is not
+performed for the root account so the root is never locked out. It is also not
+performed for users with UID higher than the LASTLOG_UID_MAX value.
+
+OPTIONS
+
+debug
+
+ Print debug information.
+
+silent
+
+ Don't inform the user about any previous login, just update the /var/log/
+ lastlog file. This option does not affect display of bad login attempts.
+
+never
+
+ If the /var/log/lastlog file does not contain any old entries for the user,
+ indicate that the user has never previously logged in with a welcome
+ message.
+
+nodate
+
+ Don't display the date of the last login.
+
+noterm
+
+ Don't display the terminal name on which the last login was attempted.
+
+nohost
+
+ Don't indicate from which host the last login was attempted.
+
+nowtmp
+
+ Don't update the wtmp entry.
+
+noupdate
+
+ Don't update any file.
+
+showfailed
+
+ Display number of failed login attempts and the date of the last failed
+ attempt from btmp. The date is not displayed when nodate is specified.
+
+inactive=<days>
+
+ This option is specific for the auth or account phase. It specifies the
+ number of days after the last login of the user when the user will be
+ locked out by the module. The default value is 90.
+
+unlimited
+
+ If the fsize limit is set, this option can be used to override it,
+ preventing failures on systems with large UID values that lead lastlog to
+ become a huge sparse file.
+
+EXAMPLES
+
+Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to display the last login time of a
+user:
+
+ session required pam_lastlog.so nowtmp
+
+
+To reject the user if he did not login during the previous 50 days the
+following line can be used:
+
+ auth required pam_lastlog.so inactive=50
+
+
+AUTHOR
+
+pam_lastlog was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.
+
+Inactive account lock out added by Tomáš Mráz <tm@t8m.info>.
+