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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Software to monitor failed login attempts
Date: 27 May 1997 11:43:01 GMT
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"Cesar" <cesar@voyager.co.nz> wrote:

> I'm trying to source software that can monitor failed login attempts. 

syslog

BSD login(1) is not bad at logging failed login attempts.  I used to
let syslog drop all failed login attempt into all my xterms. :-)

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j