Re: Is user active or not ?

On Thursday 22 Sep 2011, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
> I find myself in need of an easy way to check whether the account of a
> remote user on the lan is active or not.
>
> Is there an easier way than to ssh, then grep $USER /etc/shaddow | grep !
>
> And is there a way to automate the ssh connection in a script ?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ron.

the commands "last" and "lastlog" as root, will show what you need I 
believe...

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