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FAILLOG(8)																FAILLOG(8)

NAME

       faillog - display faillog records or set login failure limits

SYNOPSIS

       faillog [options]

DESCRIPTION

       faillog formats the contents of the failure log from /var/log/faillog database. It also can be used for maintains failure counters and
       limits. Run faillog without arguments display only list of user faillog records who have ever had a login failure.

OPTIONS

       The options which apply to the faillog command are:

       -a, --all
	      Display faillog records for all users.

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

       -l, --lock-time SEC
	      Lock accout to SEC seconds after failed login.

       -m, --maximum MAX
	      Set maiximum number of login failures after the account is disabled to MAX. Selecting MAX 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 root to prevent a denial of services attack
	      against the system.

       -r, --reset
	      Reset the counters of login failures or one recor if used with -u LOGIN option. Write access to /var/log/faillog is required for
	      this option.

       -t, --time DAYS
	      Display faillog records more recent than DAYS. The -t flag overrides the use of -u.

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

CAVEATS

       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.

FILES

       /var/log/faillog
	      failure logging file

SEE ALSO

       login(1), faillog(5)

AUTHOR

       Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)

								    08/03/2005								FAILLOG(8)