[arch-general] /var/log/btmp empty

gt codered12 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 02:04:32 EST 2012


On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:11:06PM -0600, Leonid Isaev wrote:
> I think FTMP_FILE is obsolete.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.

Thanks, i didn't know about faillog. Unfortunately, it doesn't behave
exactly like lastb, it only displays the failed attempts after the last
successful login. But something is better than nothing :)

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