On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 20:44:49 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 05:52:00PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > I have been using Debian for about 5 years now. As far as I remember, it > > > always had the "n failure(s) since last login" message (if n was greater > > > than zero). > > > > I have never seen that message. > > it works reliably on this particular up-to-date sid box, shows the > proper number of failures. I think it must come from login, but I > can't see what might cause to happen or not.
[...] > I do _not_ get this message over ssh, so it must come from that pair > -- login or getty... I think this is controlled in /etc/login.defs: # # Enable logging and display of /var/log/faillog login failure info. # This option conflicts with the pam_tally PAM module. # FAILLOG_ENAB yes I do have the pam_tally.so module in /lib/security/, but it seems that it is not used in my present (Debian-default) PAM configuration. Bob Proulx and I are currently doing a brute-force comparison of all our installed packages and relevant configuration files. We will see if this turns up additional clues. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
