System faillog not capturing ssh users
Issue
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If a user puts in a bad password at the console, it is not captured correctly.
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To see this run the following:
[root@~]$ faillog -u test
Login Failures Maximum Latest
test 2 5 Tue Mar 1 11:13:41 -0600 2011 rbctsm01.sy
- But if a user tries to ssh into the box and puts in a bad password, it does not log correctly:
[root@~]$ faillog -u sshtest
Login Failures Maximum Latest
sshtest 0 5 Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 -0600 1969
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 8)
shadow-utils-4.0.3-66.el4_8.3-x86_64openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_8.1-x86_64
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