Python Accounts

Access login and session information directly from Python.

Usage

1. accounts.get_sessions: Get information about each current active session:

   • "user": User owner of the session

   • "date_created" : Date when the session was created

   • "host": Host of the session

   • "pid": PID of the session

   • "id": ID of the session

   • "line": Line of the session ["tty1", "tty2", ...]

   • "session_type": Type of the session:

     "EMPTY" "RUN_LVL" "BOOT_TIME" "NEW_TIME" "OLD_TIME"

     "INIT_PR" "LOGIN_PR" "USER_PR" "DEAD_PR"

2. accounts.get_lastlogin: Get last login of the user given in the argument.

import accounts

sessions = accounts.get_sessions()
lastlogin = accounts.get_lastlogin('theuser')