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Linux => General Linux => Topic started by: Aby on November 30, 2013, 02:08:23 pm

Title: To check the login attempts to see if it needs to be reset
Post by: Aby on November 30, 2013, 02:08:23 pm

To check the login attempts to see if it needs to be reset

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To check the login attempts to see if it needs to be reset type faillog -u

root@testsrv:~ # faillog -u user1
Username Failures Maximum Latest
user1 15 0

Reset the counter with the -r flag:

root@testsrv:~ # /usr/bin/faillog -r user1
Username Failures Maximum Latest
user1 0 0
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