---
name: "lastlog2"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "util-linux"
version: "2.42.4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lastlog2"
---

# lastlog2(8)

displays date of last login for all users or a specific one

## NAME

lastlog2 - displays date of last login for all users or a specific one

## SYNOPSIS

**lastlog2** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

**lastlog2** displays the content of the last-login database. The *login-name*, *last-login-time*, *tty* and *remote-host* will be printed. By default (no flags) all last-login entries are printed, in the order they were first written into the database.

If a user has never logged in, the message **\*\*Never logged in\*\*** is displayed in the last-login-time column.

Only the entries for the current users of the system are displayed. Other entries may exist for users that have meanwhile been deleted.

Compared to [**lastlog**(8)](/lastlog/8.md), this command is Y2038-safe, and uses SQLite3 instead of a sparse file to store the information.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**, **--active**

  Do not print entries for users who have never logged in.

- **-b**, **--before** *days*

  Print only the last-login records older than *days*.

- **-C**, **--clear**

  Clear the last-login record of a user. This option can only be used together with **-u** (**--user**).

- **-d**, **--database** *file*

  Use *file* as **lastlog2** database.

- **-i**, **--import** *file*

  Import data from an old lastlog file named *file*. Existing entries in the lastlog2 database will be overwritten.

- **-r**, **--rename** *newname*

  Rename the user given with **-u** to this *newname*. This option can only be used together with **-u** (**--user**).

- **-s**, **--service**

  Display the PAM service used to login in the last column.

- **-S**, **--set**

  Set the last-login record of a user to the current time. This option can only be used together with **-u** (**--user**).

- **-t**, **--time** *days*

  Print only last-login records more recent than *days*.

- **-u**, **--user** *login*

  Print (or modify) the last-login record of the user *login*.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help text and exit.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Display version and exit.

## FILES

**/var/lib/lastlog/lastlog2.db**

Lastlog2 logging database file

## AUTHORS

lastlog2 was written by Thorsten Kukuk for **liblastlog2**(3).

## SEE ALSO

**liblastlog2**(3)

## REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the *issue tracker* \<https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues\>.

## AVAILABILITY

The **lastlog2** command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from *Linux Kernel Archive* \<https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/\>.