 | | | /var/log/fail.log | /var/log/fail.log 2004-03-31 - By Craig White
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On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 14:53, shane c branch wrote:
> Roger wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> The /var/log/faillog file does appear to be for login failures. I found
> this:
> http://www.linuxvalley.it/encyclopedia/ldp/manpage/man5/login.defs.5.php
>
> and enabled the value in login.defs for /var/log/faillog. I tried to
> test it by logging in and screwing up on purpose, but nothing was
> written to the file.
>
> What do I need to do to get it working?
>
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I think login.fail is the message that is sent to the user failing to
log in. To actually log failures simply touch /var/log/btmp and then you
can check it from cli by issuing lastb (as opposed to /var/log/wtmp and
last command)
Craig
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