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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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Copyright (c) 1989 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
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Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009, Nicolas François
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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<refentry id='faillog.8'>
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<!-- $Id: faillog.8.xml 1342 2007-11-10 23:46:11Z nekral-guest $ -->
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<!-- $Id: faillog.8.xml 2507 2009-03-13 22:49:20Z nekral-guest $ -->
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<refentrytitle>faillog</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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<term><option>-a</option>, <option>--all</option></term>
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<para>Display faillog records for all users.</para>
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Display (or act on) faillog records for all users having an
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entry in the <filename>faillog</filename> database.
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Set maximum number of login failures after the account is
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disabled to <replaceable>MAX</replaceable>. Selecting
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disabled to <replaceable>MAX</replaceable>.
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<replaceable>MAX</replaceable> value of 0 has the effect of not
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placing a limit on the number of failed logins. The maximum
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placing a limit on the number of failed logins.
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failure count should always be 0 for <emphasis>root</emphasis>
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to prevent a denial of services attack against the system.
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Write access to <filename>/var/log/faillog</filename>
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is required for this option.
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Reset the counters of login failures or one record if used with
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the <option>-u</option> <replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable>
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option. Write access to <filename>/var/log/faillog</filename>
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Write access to <filename>/var/log/faillog</filename>
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is required for this option.
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Display faillog records more recent than
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<replaceable>DAYS</replaceable>. The <option>-t</option>
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flag overrides the use of <option>-u</option>.
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<replaceable>DAYS</replaceable>.
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<option>-u</option>, <option>--user</option> <replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable>
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<option>-u</option>, <option>--user</option>
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<replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable>|<replaceable>RANGE</replaceable>
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Display faillog record or maintains failure counters and limits
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(if used with <option>-l</option>, <option>-m</option> or
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<option>-r</option> options) only for user with
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<replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable>.
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<option>-r</option> options) only for the specified user(s).
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The users can be specified by a login name, a numerical user
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ID, or a <replaceable>RANGE</replaceable> of users. This
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<replaceable>RANGE</replaceable> of users can be specified
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with a min and max values
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(<replaceable>UID_MIN-UID_MAX</replaceable>), a max value
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(<replaceable>-UID_MAX</replaceable>), or a min value
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(<replaceable>UID_MIN-</replaceable>).
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When none of the <option>-l</option>, <option>-m</option>, or
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<option>-r</option> options are used, <command>faillog</command>
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displays the faillog record of the specified user(s).
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NOTE: in display mode, only the records of users which currently
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exist in the system are displayed. In the other modes (when the
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<option>-l</option>, <option>-m</option>, or <option>-r</option>
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options are used), the records of the user, or the range of users,
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or all the users that may have an entry in the faillog database will
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be changed. This is useful to reset records of users that have been
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deleted or set a policy in advance for a range of users.
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