Listing inactive users

[binraj]

Hi

Is there any way to get the list of dormant users who have never logged into the system for a certain period of time (eg: 30 days.

I know that we can get this information using last command. However, my wtmp file got truncated and hence I am unable to use this command. Is there any alternate way in hp-ux?

Thanks in advance

[Michal Toth]

option 1) retain wtmp records for at least 30 days

option 2) put something in system wide profile that would create a record somewhere each time an interactive shell is started for a user, then you could use it for your checks (basically a very primitive paralel wtmp log)

and surely there are other ways

[binraj]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. However, I am trying to see some native option available for getting the information at present. I can not use my wtmp file as it is refreshed one.

Thanks

[Yang Qin_1]

If you setup .sh_history file for all your users and suppose after they log on to the system they will at least type one command then you can list all .sh_history file and see whose .sh_history is not updated for a long time. Note using FTP to logon to the server will not record anything in .sh_history file.

ls -lt /home/*/.sh_history

Yang

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
if your system is trusted, can't you use getprpw to get last login details.
Or use 'find' to check on the time of the users .profile file in their home directory

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
could you please update this thread with your latest status.
Were any of the answers useful?

[binraj]

Thanks to all those who replied to my query.

Since there is no direct way for systems that are not trusted, I will have to go with suggestion given to check timestamp of .sh_history.

Thanks