[ale] What creates /var/log/faillog ?

[Paul Cartwright]

weird... I have a faillog, but it looks like a data file. when I try
more, it shows blanks..

ls -l /var/log/faillog
-rw------- 1 root root 32000 Sep 11 14:57 /var/log/faillog
pauls-server:/home/pbc # tail /var/log/faillog
pauls-server:/home/pbc #


tail shows nothing either..

> Never heard of a "faillog". There is secure and audit logs. /var/log/secure
> handles login attempts. If auditd is running, /var/log/audit/* handles all
> manner of access internal to the system (I.e. not web server access).
> Perhaps those are what was inferred.
> On Sep 22, 2014 9:43 AM, "Raj Wurttemberg" <rajaw at c64.us> wrote:
>
>> My Google-Fu must be running low this this morning...
>>
>> What creates /var/log/faillog ? I have a RHCE 6.5 server and a security
>> auditor said that we should have a /var/log/faillog file. I have the
>> "pam_tally2" module loaded in the auth file "system-auth-ac" .  The
>> pam_tally2 command does appear to give proper results as well.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Raj Wurttemberg
>> rajaw at c64.us
>>
>>
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