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62 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
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<refentry id='faillog.5'>
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<!-- $Id: faillog.5.xml,v 1.10 2005/09/20 15:22:24 kloczek Exp $ -->
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>faillog</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv id='name'>
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<refname>faillog</refname>
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<refpurpose>Login failure logging file</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1 id='description'>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<para><filename>/var/log/faillog</filename> maintains a count of login
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failures and the limits for each account. The file is fixed length
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record, indexed by numerical UID. Each record contains the count of
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login failures since the last successful login; the maximum number of
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failures before the account is disabled; the line the last login
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failure occured on; and the date the last login failure occured.
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</para>
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<para>The structure of the file is:</para>
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<programlisting>
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struct faillog {
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short fail_cnt;
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short fail_max;
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char fail_line[12];
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time_t fail_time;
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};</programlisting>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='files'>
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<title>FILES</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><filename>/var/log/faillog</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>login failure log</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='see_also'>
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>faillog</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='author'>
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<title>AUTHOR</title>
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<para>Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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