[arch-general] bad login attempts not written to /var/log/btmp

[Renato]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:13:49 +1200
Ross <rosscoad at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> On 27/07/11 07:57, Renato wrote:
> > Hello, maybe I don't understand how the command "lastb" should work,
> > but no matter how many times I try to login inputting a wrong
> > password I still get nothing but this:
> >
> > $ sudo lastb
> >
> > btmp begins Fri May  6 23:40:14 2011
> >
> >
> Seems to be working ok here. Does cat /var/log/btmp show anything?
> 

nope:

renato at acerarch /var/log $ sudo cat btmp 
renato at acerarch /var/log $ 

permissions seem right though:

renato at acerarch /var/log $ ls -lh btmp
-rw------- 1 root root 0 May  6 23:40 btmp
renato at acerarch /var/log $