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From: crissl@rulcvx.uucp (Stefan Linnemann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX logging question.
Summary: Failed logins in /usr/adm.
Keywords: failed login password
Message-ID: <300@rulcvx.uucp>
Date: 8 Dec 89 10:35:51 GMT
References: <3259@hub.UUCP>
Sender: crissl@rulcvx (Stefan Linnemann)
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In article <3259@hub.UUCP> harald@apple.ucsb.edu (Ommang) writes:
>
>I'm working on a paper comparing security in UNIX and HP's MPE op.sys.
>There is one little detail that I haven't found out about yet :
>If you enter a nonexisting login id or an incorrect password, is this
>logged somewhere in a file / to a system console ?

On our system, a Convex C210, failed logins are logged in
/usr/adm/badlogins.  Though Convex uses a BSD derived Unix, they have
modified it, so I can't tell whether this is a common place or just
Convex's.

Hope this helps,
Stefan.
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