Re: bad login attempts not written to /var/log/btmp

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On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:13:49 +1200
Ross <rosscoad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 27/07/11 07:57, Renato wrote:
> > Hello, maybe I don't understand how the command "lastb" should work,
> > but no matter how many times I try to login inputting a wrong
> > password I still get nothing but this:
> >
> > $ sudo lastb
> >
> > btmp begins Fri May  6 23:40:14 2011
> >
> >
> Seems to be working ok here. Does cat /var/log/btmp show anything?
> 

nope:

renato@acerarch /var/log $ sudo cat btmp 
renato@acerarch /var/log $ 

permissions seem right though:

renato@acerarch /var/log $ ls -lh btmp
-rw------- 1 root root 0 May  6 23:40 btmp
renato@acerarch /var/log $ 


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