Trying to figure out the output of the 'last' command

[tech291083]

Hi,

I tried the last command and got the following output, can any one please tell me what each piece of information means here, since I am a newbie. Thanks....


[root@localhost ~]# last
root pts/2 Mon May 7 13:39 still logged in
root pts/2 Mon May 7 13:36 - 13:37 (00:00)
root pts/2 Mon May 7 13:36 - 13:36 (00:00)
root pts/2 Mon May 7 13:36 - 13:36 (00:00)
root pts/2 Mon May 7 13:29 - 13:36 (00:06)
root pts/1 Mon May 7 13:28 still logged in
root :0 Mon May 7 13:28 still logged in
reboot system boot 2.6.15-1.2054_FC Mon May 7 13:26 (00:24)

[pam]

last is meant to tell you a user login history. Typical usage might be "last <username>". It looks here as though you used no parameters so you are seeing everything.
From left to right you have the user id, the terminal id, the login date and time, the logout time (if appropriate), and time spent logged int (if appropriate).