ll2_write_entry - Writes a new entry into the database.
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Availability
The liblastlog2 library is part of the util-linux package since version 2.40. It can be downloaded from
Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
util-linux 2.41 2025-02-26 LL2_WRITE_ENTRY(3)
Description
Writes a new entry into database, which is defined in context. If context is NULL, the default database,
defined in LL2_DEFAULT_DATABASE, will be taken.
time_t login_time = time(0); // Get the system time
char *error = NULL;
const char *user = "root";
int ret = ll2_write_entry (NULL, user, login_time, "pts/0",
"192.168.122.1", NULL, &error);
pam_service is the service or instance name which has generated the entry (optional).
Name
ll2_write_entry - Writes a new entry into the database.
Reporting Bugs
For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
Return Value
Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM or -1 on other failure. error contains an error string if the return value
is -1. error is not guaranteed to contain an error string, could also be NULL. error should be freed by
the caller.
See Also
lastlog2(3), ll2_new_context(3),*ll2_unref_context(3),*ll2_read_all(3), ll2_read_entry(3), ll2_update_login_time(3), ll2_remove_entry(3), ll2_rename_user(3), ll2_import_lastlog(3)
Synopsis
#include<lastlog2.h>intll2_write_entry(structll2_context*context,constchar*user,int64_tll_time,constchar*tty,constchar*rhost,constchar*pam_service,char**error);
