last login

balajee · 06-03-2005, 02:02 AM

Hi All,

Where the last successful and unsuccessful login attempts stored in Linux? I have somuchto do with this ... pls help me?

Thank you,
M.Balajee

balajee · 06-03-2005, 02:42 AM

And one more thing----------If that last attemts should be displayed whenever a user logs in, what are the settings to be modiidfied?

Linux~Powered · 06-03-2005, 07:10 AM

They should be stored in your /var/log/secure file. You'll need to be root to read it.

Code:

cat /var/log/secure | grep failed | less