How to notify users of last unsuccessful login after succesfully loggin in

mccartjd · 11-05-2009, 06:17 PM

Request for help. I'm not very savy with Linux so I need a little help with a requirement I've been tasked. Is there a way to inform the user after he/she logs into the GUI, using a pop-up screen or somthing, of the last login failure that was commited using their account?

We are using pam_tally 2 for our password security measures. The problem is the pam_tally log stores this information (failed login attempts) but the log is cleared for their account as soon they login succesfully.

Can we make a backup of the pam_tally log or somthing (every few seconds) and have the backup copy sent to the user screen, since the backup copy is not cleared? If this is a good idea what is the best way?

Take care,
Johnny Mac

chiragrk · 11-05-2009, 11:47 PM

Have you checked command `lastb` ? Maybe it'll be useful?

ntvinh986 · 11-11-2009, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mccartjd

Request for help. I'm not very savy with Linux so I need a little help with a requirement I've been tasked. Is there a way to inform the user after he/she logs into the GUI, using a pop-up screen or somthing, of the last login failure that was commited using their account?

We are using pam_tally 2 for our password security measures. The problem is the pam_tally log stores this information (failed login attempts) but the log is cleared for their account as soon they login succesfully.

Can we make a backup of the pam_tally log or somthing (every few seconds) and have the backup copy sent to the user screen, since the backup copy is not cleared? If this is a good idea what is the best way?

Take care,
Johnny Mac

Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

slimm609 · 11-11-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ntvinh986

Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

Hello Ntvinh986,

Please refrain from posting just to post/raise your post count.

Please read the "READ this before posting" located in the Linux-Newbie section.