 | | | /var/log/fail.log and /etc/motd | /var/log/fail.log and /etc/motd 2004-03-31 - By Shane C Branch
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Roger wrote:
> Around Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 03:53:49PM -0500, shane c branch, wrote:
>> I'm told by the corporate IT gang that I'm supposed to have
>> /var/log/fail.log on my machine.
>>
>> What generates this log?
>>
>> Also, they want /etc/motd present. That file exist, but the content
>> isn't right. It seems they want the unix business notice in there. Where
>> do I find this? I googled for it, but didn't come up with anything useful.
>
> I'd ask about the fail.log, is this for login failures? You might be
> able to alter syslog.conf to get the login failures logged there.
>
>
> There's an outfit that is attempting to set certain standards for
> security. They have a tool for verifying Redhat security standards.
> http://www.cisecurity.org
> is the web page with links for tools.
> One of the things they suggest is creating the banner. The PDF that
> lists the changes that can be made has cut and paste commands that can
> be done to add the banner, I realize the motd is easy to edit, but
> their commands will add the banner to *all* the places that use them,
> gdm,telnet,ftp etc.. You can at least look at the PDF to determine what
> needs to be changed.
>
> Roger
>
> Roger
>
>
Thanks, I'll check it out.
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regards,
shane
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