unsuccessfull logins for ftp

gsr_kashyap · 07-13-2006, 02:48 AM

hi everyone,
i am unable to get unsuccessfull logins log using lastb command. can anyone tell me how to.though i am able to get successfull logins log using last command.

gilead · 07-13-2006, 08:21 PM

Does the file /var/log/btmp exist on your system? If not, you need to create it since it's not created automatically. You can create it (as root) with the following:

Code:

touch /var/log/btmp && chmod 0600 /var/log/btmp

gsr_kashyap · 07-27-2006, 03:53 AM

Yes file exists and i have given the file permissions same as wtmp and the owner and group of wtmp is adm:adm so i have given the same owner ship to btmp too. yet i am unable to get the unsuccessfull log!!

gilead · 07-27-2006, 02:04 PM

Here are the permissions for btmp on my home system:

Code:

$ ls -l /var/log/btmp
-rw------- 1 root root     384 2006-07-28 04:59 /var/log/btmp

Are you getting an error when you run lastb or is the /var/log/btmp file empty (0 byte)?