SYSTEMD-UPDATE-UTMP.SERVICE(8) systemd-update-utmp.service NAME systemd-update-utmp.service, systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service, systemd-update-utmp - Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, runlevel changes and shutdown SYNOPSIS systemd-update-utmp.service systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-update-utmp DESCRIPTION systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service is a service that writes SysV runlevel changes to utmp and wtmp, as well as the audit logs, as they occur. systemd-update-utmp.service does the same for system reboots and shutdown requests. SEE ALSO systemd(1), utmp(5), auditd(8) systemd 255 SYSTEMD-UPDATE-UTMP.SERVICE(8)