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 ===== Lastlog =====
+lastlog command prints the last login times for system accounts. Login information is read from the file /var/log/lastlog.
+To print the last login of all the users:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# lastlog
+</cli>
+To print the records of specified days older:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# lastlog -b 10
+# lastlog --before 10
+</cli>
+To print the logs more recent that specified days:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# lastlog -t 20
+# lastlog --time 20
+</cli>
+To print the last login records of specified login:
+<cli prompt='#'>
+# lastlog -u mike
+# lastlog --user mike
+</cli>
 **Why is the /var/log/lastlog file so large?**
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 /dev/mapper/rhel-var  5.0G  2.4G  2.7G  47% /var
 </cli>
+This file can potential give problems during backup, so ignore it.

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