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diff --git a/man/man8/faillog.8 b/man/man8/faillog.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 4449fbab..00000000 --- a/man/man8/faillog.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,168 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Title: faillog -.\" Author: Julianne Frances Haugh -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 05/25/2012 -.\" Manual: System Management Commands -.\" Source: shadow-utils 4.1.5.1 -.\" Language: English -.\" -.TH "FAILLOG" "8" "05/25/2012" "shadow\-utils 4\&.1\&.5\&.1" "System Management Commands" -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * Define some portability stuff -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 -.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq -.el .ds Aq ' -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * set default formatting -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" disable hyphenation -.nh -.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) -.ad l -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * -.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.SH "NAME" -faillog \- display faillog records or set login failure limits -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -.HP \w'\fBfaillog\fR\ 'u -\fBfaillog\fR [\fIoptions\fR] -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.PP - -\fBfaillog\fR -displays the contents of the failure log database (/var/log/faillog)\&. It can also set the failure counters and limits\&. When -\fBfaillog\fR -is run without arguments, it only displays the faillog records of the users who had a login failure\&. -.SH "OPTIONS" -.PP -The options which apply to the -\fBfaillog\fR -command are: -.PP -\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR -.RS 4 -Display (or act on) faillog records for all users having an entry in the -faillog -database\&. -.sp -The range of users can be restricted with the -\fB\-u\fR -option\&. -.sp -In display mode, this is still restricted to existing users but forces the display of the faillog entries even if they are empty\&. -.sp -With the -\fB\-l\fR, -\fB\-m\fR, -\fB\-r\fR, -\fB\-t\fR -options, the users\*(Aq records are changed, even if the user does not exist on the system\&. This is useful to reset records of users that have been deleted or to set a policy in advance for a range of users\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR -.RS 4 -Display help message and exit\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lock\-secs\fR \fISEC\fR -.RS 4 -Lock account for -\fISEC\fR -seconds after failed login\&. -.sp -Write access to -/var/log/faillog -is required for this option\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-maximum\fR \fIMAX\fR -.RS 4 -Set the maximum number of login failures after the account is disabled to -\fIMAX\fR\&. -.sp -Selecting a -\fIMAX\fR -value of 0 has the effect of not placing a limit on the number of failed logins\&. -.sp -The maximum failure count should always be 0 for -\fIroot\fR -to prevent a denial of services attack against the system\&. -.sp -Write access to -/var/log/faillog -is required for this option\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reset\fR -.RS 4 -Reset the counters of login failures\&. -.sp -Write access to -/var/log/faillog -is required for this option\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-root\fR \fICHROOT_DIR\fR -.RS 4 -Apply changes in the -\fICHROOT_DIR\fR -directory and use the configuration files from the -\fICHROOT_DIR\fR -directory\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-time\fR \fIDAYS\fR -.RS 4 -Display faillog records more recent than -\fIDAYS\fR\&. -.RE -.PP -\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-user\fR \fILOGIN\fR|\fIRANGE\fR -.RS 4 -Display faillog record or maintains failure counters and limits (if used with -\fB\-l\fR, -\fB\-m\fR -or -\fB\-r\fR -options) only for the specified user(s)\&. -.sp -The users can be specified by a login name, a numerical user ID, or a -\fIRANGE\fR -of users\&. This -\fIRANGE\fR -of users can be specified with a min and max values (\fIUID_MIN\-UID_MAX\fR), a max value (\fI\-UID_MAX\fR), or a min value (\fIUID_MIN\-\fR)\&. -.RE -.PP -When none of the -\fB\-l\fR, -\fB\-m\fR, or -\fB\-r\fR -options are used, -\fBfaillog\fR -displays the faillog record of the specified user(s)\&. -.SH "CAVEATS" -.PP - -\fBfaillog\fR -only prints out users with no successful login since the last failure\&. To print out a user who has had a successful login since their last failure, you must explicitly request the user with the -\fB\-u\fR -flag, or print out all users with the -\fB\-a\fR -flag\&. -.SH "FILES" -.PP -/var/log/faillog -.RS 4 -Failure logging file\&. -.RE -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP - -\fBlogin\fR(1), -\fBfaillog\fR(5)\&. |