Re: Sarge: Lost # of failed logins
Florian Kulzer(florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es) is reported to have said:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 13:51:27 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Mumia W.. wrote:
> > > I'm using Sarge. When I log in, I no longer get a message telling me the
> > > # of failed logins.
> > >
> > > For example, if I try to login but use a wrong password, when I try
> > > again using the real password, I should see a message saying "1 failed
> > > login attempts." I no longer get that message.
> >
> > I personally have never seen such a message. You must have previously
> > installed or configured something that added that functionality.
>
> I have been using Debian for about 5 years now. As far as I remember, it
> always had the "n failure(s) since last login" message (if n was greater
> than zero). I never had to do anything to set it up, therefore I
> unfortunately don't know exactly how it works. My best guess is that it
> involves some PAM modules which parse /var/log/faillog and/or use the
> "faillog" command. Maybe this link helps to track it down:
>
> http://linux.sys-con.com/read/49058.htm
>
> (search for "faillog" on that page)
Florian
I still have the results you 'had'. I tried logging in, twice, with
a bad passwd. Got the following.
Last login: Thu Jul 26 21:01:03 2007 on tty6
Linux dj 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Fri May 4 00:37:33 UTC 2007 x86_64
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No mail.
1 failure since last login. <<<< BUT I failed twice!
Last was Thu 26 Jul 2007 09:06:23 PM EDT on tty5.
I seems to be coming from something after the motd but before the .bash_profile
and .bashrc. Running etch on a new system and just noticed I had not enabled
the boot log, so can't check that right now. Sorry.
Wayne
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