LASTLOG2(8) User Commands LASTLOG2(8)

lastlog2 - displays date of last login for all users or a specific one

lastlog2 [options]

lastlog2 displays the content of the last-login database. The login-name, last-login-time, tty and remote-host will be printed. By default (no flags) all last-login entries are printed, in the order they were first written into the database.

If a user has never logged in, the message **Never logged in** is displayed in the last-login-time column.

Only the entries for the current users of the system are displayed. Other entries may exist for users that have meanwhile been deleted.

Compared to lastlog(8), this command is Y2038-safe, and uses SQLite3 instead of a sparse file to store the information.

-a, --active

Do not print entries for users who have never logged in.

-b, --before days

Print only the last-login records older than days.

-C, --clear

Clear the last-login record of a user. This option can only be used together with -u (--user).

-d, --database file

Use file as lastlog2 database.

-i, --import file

Import data from an old lastlog file named file. Existing entries in the lastlog2 database will be overwritten.

-r, --rename newname

Rename the user given with -u to this newname. This option can only be used together with -u (--user).

-s, --service

Display the PAM service used to login in the last column.

-S, --set

Set the last-login record of a user to the current time. This option can only be used together with -u (--user).

-t, --time days

Print only last-login records more recent than days.

-u, --user login

Print (or modify) the last-login record of the user login.

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

-V, --version

Display version and exit.

/var/lib/lastlog/lastlog2.db

Lastlog2 logging database file

lastlog2 was written by Thorsten Kukuk for liblastlog2(3).

liblastlog2(3)

For bug reports, use the issue tracker https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

The lastlog2 command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

2026-04-01 util-linux 2.42