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89 lines
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.TH "FAILLOG" "8" "10/01/2005" "" ""
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.\" disable hyphenation
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.nh
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.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
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.ad l
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.SH "NAME"
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faillog \- display faillog records or set login failure limits
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.HP 8
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\fBfaillog\fR [\fIoptions\fR]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.PP
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\fBfaillog\fR
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formats the contents of the failure log from
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\fI/var/log/faillog\fR
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database. It also can be used for maintains failure counters and limits. Run
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\fBfaillog\fR
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without arguments display only list of user faillog records who have ever had a login failure.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.PP
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The options which apply to the
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\fBfaillog\fR
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command are:
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.TP
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\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
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Display faillog records for all users.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Display help message and exit.
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.TP
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lock\-time\fR \fISEC\fR
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Lock account to
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\fISEC\fR
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seconds after failed login.
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.TP
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\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-maximum\fR \fIMAX\fR
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Set maximum number of login failures after the account is disabled to
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\fIMAX\fR. Selecting
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\fIMAX\fR
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value of 0 has the effect of not placing a limit on the number of failed logins. The maximum failure count should always be 0 for
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\fIroot\fR
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to prevent a denial of services attack against the system.
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.TP
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reset\fR
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Reset the counters of login failures or one record if used with the \-u
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\fILOGIN\fR
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option. Write access to
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\fI/var/log/faillog\fR
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is required for this option.
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.TP
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-time\fR \fIDAYS\fR
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Display faillog records more recent than
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\fIDAYS\fR. The
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\fB\-t\fR
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flag overrides the use of
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\fB\-u\fR.
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.TP
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\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR \fILOGIN\fR
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Display faillog record or maintains failure counters and limits (if used with
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\fB\-l\fR,
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\fB\-m\fR
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or
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\fB\-r\fR
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options) only for user with
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\fILOGIN\fR.
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.SH "CAVEATS"
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.PP
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\fBfaillog\fR
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only prints out users with no successful login since the last failure. To print out a user who has had a successful login since their last failure, you must explicitly request the user with the
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\fB\-u\fR
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flag, or print out all users with the
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\fB\-a\fR
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flag.
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.SH "FILES"
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.TP
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\fI/var/log/faillog\fR
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failure logging file
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.PP
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\fBlogin\fR(1),
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\fBfaillog\fR(5).
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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.PP
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
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