System faillog not capturing ssh users

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • If a user puts in a bad password at the console, it is not captured correctly.

  • 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_64
  • openssh-3.9p1-11.el4_8.1-x86_64

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