libutempter-1.2.1

Introduction to libutempter

The libutempter package is a library that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp info.

Installation of libutempter

Install libutempter by executing the following commands:

make

Now as the root user:

make install &&
rm -vf /usr/lib/libutempter.a

Command Explanations

rm -vf /usr/lib/libutempter.a: Remove a useless static library.

Contents

Installed Programs: utempter
Installed Libraries: libutempter.so
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/utempter

Short Descriptions

utempter

is a privileged helper program for utmp/wtmp updates

libutempter.so

contains the utempter library interface