faillog

' faillog 'u faillog [ options ]

faillog displays the contents of the failure log database (/var/log/faillog) . It can also set the failure counters and limits . When faillog is run without arguments, it only displays the faillog records of the users who had a login failure .

The options which apply to the faillog command are:

-a , --all Display (or act on) faillog records for all users having an entry in the faillog database .

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The range of users can be restricted with the -u option .

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In display mode, this is still restricted to existing users but forces the display of the faillog entries even if they are empty .

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With the -l , -m , -r , -t options, the users (Aq records are changed, even if the user does not exist on the system . This is useful to reset records of users that have been deleted or to set a policy in advance for a range of users .

-h , --help Display help message and exit .

-l , --lock -secs SEC Lock account for SEC seconds after failed login .

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Write access to /var/log/faillog is required for this option .

-m , --maximum MAX Set the maximum number of login failures after the account is disabled to MAX .

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Selecting a MAX value of 0 has the effect of not placing a limit on the number of failed logins .

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The maximum failure count should always be 0 for root to prevent a denial of services attack against the system .

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Write access to /var/log/faillog is required for this option .

-r , --reset Reset the counters of login failures .

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Write access to /var/log/faillog is required for this option .

-R , --root CHROOT_DIR Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory .

-t , --time DAYS Display faillog records more recent than DAYS .

-u , --user LOGIN | RANGE Display faillog record or maintains failure counters and limits (if used with -l , -m or -r options) only for the specified user(s) .

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The users can be specified by a login name, a numerical user ID, or a RANGE of users . This RANGE of users can be specified with a min and max values ( UID_MIN-UID_MAX ),a max value ( -UID_MAX ),or a min value ( UID_MIN- ).

When none of the -l , -m ,or -r options are used, faillog displays the faillog record of the specified user(s) .

faillog 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 -u flag, or print out all users with the -a flag .

/var/log/faillog Failure logging file .

login(1), faillog(5).