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2.4 KiB
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89 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
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.TH "FAILLOG" 8 "" "" ""
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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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\fBfaillog\fR formats the contents of the failure log from \fI/var/log/faillog\fR database\&. It also can be used for maintains failure counters and limits\&. Run \fBfaillog\fR 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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The options which apply to the \fBfaillog\fR command are:
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\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
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Display faillog records for all users\&.
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Display help message and exit\&.
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lock\-time\fR \fISEC\fR
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Lock accout to \fISEC\fR seconds after failed login\&.
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\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-maximum\fR \fIMAX\fR
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Set maiximum number of login failures after the account is disabled to \fIMAX\fR\&. Selecting \fIMAX\fR 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 \fIroot\fR to prevent a denial of services attack against the system\&.
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reset\fR
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Reset the counters of login failures or one recor if used with \-u \fILOGIN\fR option\&. Write access to \fI/var/log/faillog\fR is required for this option\&.
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\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-time\fR \fIDAYS\fR
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Display faillog records more recent than \fIDAYS\fR\&. The \fB\-t\fR flag overrides the use of \fB\-u\fR\&.
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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 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-m\fR or \fB\-r\fR options) only for user with \fILOGIN\fR\&.
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.SH "CAVEATS"
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\fBfaillog\fR 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 \fB\-u\fR flag, or print out all users with the \fB\-a\fR flag\&.
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.SH "FILES"
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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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\fBlogin\fR(1), \fBfaillog\fR(5)
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix\&.netcom\&.com)
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