use Fcntl ':seek';

my $user = shift;
my ($time, $tty, $host) = get_lastlog_info($user);
if (defined $time) {
  print "$user on $tty from $host\n\tat ", scalar(localtime $time), "\n";
} else {
  print "$user never logged in\n";
}

sub get_lastlog_info {
  my $user = shift;
  $user = getpwnam($user) if $user =~ /\D/;
  return unless defined $user;
  open L, "<", "/var/log/lastlog" or return;
  seek L, 292 * $user, SEEK_SET;
  return unless read(L, my $buf, 292) == 292;
  my ($time, $tty, $host) = unpack "i a32 a256", $buf;
  return $time ? ($time, $tty, $host) : ();
}