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utmp -- System Administration File that notes login events that are active /etc/utmp File /etc/utmp notes every login event that is active -- that is, when the user has logged in and has not yet logged out. It is read by the command who to display the users who are now logged into your system. utmp records each active login event as a record of type utmp, which is defined in header file <utmp>. For details, see the Lexicon entry utmp.h. File /usr/adm/wtmp records every login event that has concluded. You can comb this file to trace which user have logged onto your system, and when. See Also Adminstering COHERENT, utmp.h, wtmp