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LL2_REMOVE_ENTRY(3) Programmers ManualLL2_REMOVE_ENTRY(3)ll2_remove_entry - Removes all entries of a user.
#include <lastlog2.h>int ll2_remove_entry (struct ll2_context *context, const char*user, char **error);
Removes all database entries, defined incontext, with the user nameuser. Ifcontext is NULL, the default database, defined inLL2_DEFAULT_DATABASE, will be taken. char *error = NULL; const char *user = "root"; int ret = ll2_remove_entry (NULL, user, &error);
Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM or -1 on other failure.error contains an error string if the return value is -1.error is not guaranteed to contain an error string, could also be NULL.error should be freed by the caller.
Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk@suse.de)
lastlog2(3),ll2_new_context(3), *ll2_unref_context(3),*ll2_read_all(3),ll2_write_entry(3),ll2_read_entry(3),ll2_update_login_time(3),ll2_rename_user(3),ll2_import_lastlog(3)
For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
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