From 4ba5ae5776c2e9ba4f297115c19923a928cf3e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Bercot Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:51:36 +0000 Subject: Initial release / rename to utmps --- doc/index.html | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/index.html (limited to 'doc/index.html') diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d080da --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ + + + + + + utmps - a secure utmp implementation + + + + + + +

+Software
+skarnet.org +

+ +

utmps

+ +

What is it ?

+ +

+ utmps is an implementation of the utmp.h and utmpx.h +family of functions performing user accounting on Unix systems. +

+ +

+ Traditionally, utmp functionality is provided by the system's +libc. However, not all libcs implement utmp: for instance the +musl libc, on Linux, does not. The +main reason for it is that utmp functionality is difficult to +implement in a secure way; in particular, it is impossible to implement +without either running a daemon or allowing arbitrary programs to tamper +with user accounting. +

+ +

+ utmps is a secure implementation of user accounting, using +a daemon as the only authority to manage the utmp and wtmp data; programs +running utmp functions are just clients to this daemon. +

+ +

An overview of utmps

+ +

Installation

+ +

Requirements

+ +

A POSIX-compliant system with a standard C development environment
GNU make, version 3.81 or later
skalibs version +2.6.1.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time +requirement if you link against the shared version of the skalibs +library.

+ +

Licensing

+ +

+ s6 is free software. It is available under the +ISC license. +

+ +

Download

+ +

The current released version of utmps is 0.0.1.0.
Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the +utmps +git repository: +
```
 git clone git://git.skarnet.org/utmps 
```
There's also a +GitHub mirror +of the utmps git repository.

+ +

Compilation

+ +

See the enclosed INSTALL file for installation details.

+ +

Upgrade notes

+ +

This page lists the differences to be aware of between +the previous versions of utmps and the current one.

+ +

Reference

+ +

Commands

+ +

Libraries

+ +

The utmps library interface
The +utmpx.h library interface is implemented on top of the utmps library.
The logwtmp() +and updwtmpx() functions are also implemented.

+ +

+ + +

Related resources

+ + +

utmps discussion

+ +

utmps is discussed on the +skaware mailing-list.

+ + + -- cgit v1.3.1