SYSUAF.LIS

[Jasper_15]

Hi,

I would like to extract the current user and their last login from the sysuaf.lis file. How would I proceed with this?

Thank you in advance.

Jorge C.

[Joseph Huber_1]

Don't attempt to parse the output of AUTHORIZE,
VMS has the SYS$GETUAI system service to ratrieve items from sysuaf.
See HELP SYSTEM $GETUAI.

There is a very nice freeware utility GETUAI.
To get the last login, one would do

getuai/last=last_login huber
sh symbol last_login
LAST_LOGIN = " 8-DEC-2005 19:57:27.9"

Find GETUAI at Hunter Goatleys fileserver:
HTTP://www.process.com/openvms

[Arch_Muthiah]

Jorge,

$ write sys$output f$getjpi("","last_login_n") will diaplay the last login time of the current user.

If you know the PID of any specific user's PID, you can pass that PID as the Ist arg to this f$getjpi(pid_of_anu_user,"last_login_n")

using other f$PID, f$extract functions, will help you find the exact username if you feel difficulties finding the username using PID.

If you want to get this last login time from any other high level prog, then there is macro defn (may be $LOGINDEF) where eyou can find the symbol for last login, that can be passed to your prog.

Archunan

[Arch_Muthiah]

sorry, the macro name is $UAFDEF and the symbol UAF$Q_LASTLOGIN_N.


Archunan

[Peter Zeiszler]

Definitely look into the GETUAI freeware utility.

You can create your own script for parsing the data out. Once you have the USERNAME its just


$! check for machine type and assign proper getuai
$!
$ if f$edit(f$extract(0,3,f$getsyi("HW_NAME")),"UPCASE") .eqs. "ALP"
$ then
$ getuai = "$tools:[mgr.getuai]getuai.alpha_exe"
$ else
$ getuai = "$tools:[mgr.getuai]getuai.exe"
$ endif
$ getuai 'username /interactive_login=ilogin /noninteractive_login=nonlogin
$ show sym ilogin
$ show sym nonlogin

If the person has never logged in then it will return NONE, otherwise it will return the date & time of the last login.

[Arch_Muthiah]

Jorge C,

from DCL, you can get the last llgin using this single command

$ PIPE search sysuaf.lis "username"/window=(1,9) | search sys$input "last login"

you will last intercative and non-intercative login time.


Archunan

[Jan van den Ende]

Jorge,

to repeat Hein's favorite question: "What problem are you trying to solve"

The "current user" are you yourself.
Unless this is an account used by other users as well (a VERY un-desirable approach, leading to the well-chosen nick-name "whore-account", because everybody is using it, and when something ill comes to pass, everybody can claim: "it was not me"), so, what special info would you desire to get from your own "last login".
Are you really interested whether you(r account) did do another Login since this session started?

The various answers given above should supply the answer, but I am REALLY curious for the background of THIS question!

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

[Jasper_15]

Hi,

I am just trying to pull all the users from our VMS system with active or non-active with their last login info for accounting purpose. Help!!

[Jan van den Ende]

Jorge,

so, not the current user, but all authorised users?

Now, we get into the infamous: What version?
question.

IF your system supports PIPE (sinve VMS 7.something)

$ PIPE MCR AUTHORIZE SHOW *|SEARCH SYS$PIPE "Username:","Last login" /OUTPUT=

Older versions:

$ MCR LIST * /FULL
$ SEARCH SYSUAF.LIS "Username:","Last login"/OUTPUT=

Success.

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe

[Hein van den Heuvel]

Asked and answerred many times before, including in this forum:

google: +vms +"last login" +site:itrc.hp.com

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=890732

Regards,
Hein.

[Joseph Huber_1]

Short of reading the manual now :-), but definitely f$getjpi("","last_login_n") does not show the users last login:

live example:
write sys$output f$getjpi("","last_login_n")
2-DEC-2005 09:33:58.55

write sys$output f$getjpi("","last_login_i")
4-DEC-2005 20:59:18.28

authorize show huber
Last Login: 9-DEC-2005 08:54 (interactive),
7-DEC-2005 10:54 (non-interactive)

[Joseph Huber_1]

Aah yes, $getjpi last_login_% items return the last login times prior to the start of the current process or session, i.e. the date seen in $getuai at process creation time.

There is, by the way, another utility: LAST
at
ftp://ftp.process.com/vms-freeware/fileserv/last.zip

which does the list for system managers in one go:
LAST/ALL_USERS

[John Donovan_4]

We use Jim Snyder's SCANUAF to do SYSUAF accounting reports and tracking. It's awesome freeware and can be used remotely to get info from other nodes. One source I have for it is Hunter's site:

http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv.com?SCANUAF

I hope this helps

[John Donovan_4]

Oh yeah, its also on Encompass' WEB:

http://www.encompassus.org/ftplib/VS0174_SCANUAF_AAAREADME_1ST.html

[Jorge Cocomess]

Great info. I will give it try. Does anyone know how I can assign points?

Thanks,

[Volker Halle]

Jorge,

only the initial author of the thread can assign points, see:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

In this case, it would be user: Jasper

Volker.