Re: (VERY OT) Date last logged in

[Chuck Yerkes <chuck@snew.com>]

This is log parsing and reporting.
logins are, er, logged in syslog as well as wtmp.
A file (db file?) with every user in it.
Weekly, perhaps, run through the logs and update the
last time each user logged in.  When done with logs,
run through the db file to report each user than hasn't
logged in since ($NOW - 90 days).

While you're log processing, you might as well generate
lots of other useful reports for your use.

Too many people just logs stuff and never digest that info.
It's interesting to remove the expected logs and see what's
left :)

Quoting InSaNe (stevenm@static-ip-138.sihope.com):
> I am trying to find a way to write a shell/perl/c program/script that will 
> finger a user(or something else that works) and determine if they haven't 
> logged in for more than 3 months...
> 
> 
> Like have it go through /home and then output a list of people who haven't 
> logged in withing 3 months, I am trying to delete inactive accounts.  
> Sadly, my poor beginner PERL skills just don't cut it.