Re: need help in recording failed "su" attempts

From: Mario Stargard (mario_at_stargard.ca)
Date: 05/18/04

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    Gary Narayanan wrote:
    | Hello All,
    |
    | We have a Tru64 V5.1A system, with the following
    | entry in /etc/syslog.conf
    |
    | auth.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/auth.log
    |
    | When looking at the log file, we saw that only successful 'su'
    | attemps were recorded. Is there any configuration that can be
    | done to record failed 'su' attempts?
    |
    | Regards
    |
    | - gn

    I believe all you need to do is touch /var/adm/sialog.

    Here's a related article.
    http://aa11.cjb.net/tru64_unix_managers/1999/0031.html

    Mario
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