On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:54:42 +0530 gt <codered12@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello folks

My failed login attempts aren't being recorded, and lastb shows no output.

The permissions are correct:

-rw------- 1 root root 0 Nov 15 06:39 /var/log/btmp

Reading a previous message on the mailing list, i tried setting

FTMP_FILE /var/log/btmp

in /etc/login.defs. But this gives the following error (right after typing the username on a tty):

configuration error - unknown item 'FTMP_FILE' (notify administrator)

So two questions:

1. Why isn't the option being recognised, even though it is present in the man page for login.defs?

2. How do i enable logging to /var/log/btmp?

I think FTMP_FILE is obsolete. Logging of failed login attempts is handled by pam. Try running faillog(8)... Also I am not sure if /var/log/btmp has to be kept at all. -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D