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Date:      Mon, 25 May 1998 00:15:06 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SKey and locked account 
Message-ID:  <199805250715.AAA11151@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 May 1998 09:43:31 %2B0200." <19980525094331.20142@deepo.prosa.dk> 

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> Mike Smith writes:
> > >     syslog(LOG_CRIT, "%s on %s", user, device);
> > 
> > Why LOG_CRIT?  I would have expected something a little lower perhaps?
> > (Especially if you're using it in an ISP context...)
> > 
> > At any rate, how do people feel about this?  How about a shellscript 
> > version using logger(8)?
> 
> 	I'd like failed logins (at least on disabled accounts) to be logged,
> 	yes.  It would also be a nice plus if logging could be limited...

Limiting is a bit difficult (no state is preserved across multiple 
nologin invocations).  You could perhaps rely on the 'last message 
repeat' feature in syslog...

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