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 shut-down requests. See Also systemd1, utmp5, auditd8