systemd-update-utmp.service

systemd
Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net
systemd-update-utmp.service 8
systemd-update-utmp.service systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service systemd-update-utmp Write audit and utmp updates at bootup, runlevel changes and shutdown

`systemd-update-utmp.service`

`systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service`

`/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-update-utmp`

## Description

`systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service` is a service that writes SysV runlevel changes to utmp and wtmp, as well as the audit logs, as they occur. `systemd-update-utmp.service` does the same for system reboots and shutdown requests.

## See Also

systemd 1, utmp 5, auditd 8