Re: Setting Up btmp
> I don't know anything about why the Debian crew decided to remove > btmp, but from my own experience a lot of people fumbles when they > log in, and as a result they type inn the password instead of the > username. > > Thus you can often find both the account-name and the password if, > you do "lastb". That makes a lot of sense. I know I've done that a time or two. >From my experimentation though, I think Debian's btmp only logs a failed user as "UNKNOWN" instead of by what he or she typed as their login. I guess that's not very useful information. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Setting Up btmp
Paul Serice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've since deleted /var/log/btmp to get back to the Debian default. > Knowing nothing about anything, I was wondering if someone could fill > me in on why Debian defaults to no btmp. I don't know anything about why the Debian crew decided to remove btmp, but from my own experience a lot of people fumbles when they log in, and as a result they type inn the password instead of the username. Thus you can often find both the account-name and the password if you do "lastb". -- Vebjorn Forsmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 13 6B 4B 7C 83 B7 DC 5C 9C A8 AE C0 AD 22 F4 2048/00952325 1995/05/13 To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Setting Up btmp
There was another question in the list regarding logging, and it got me to wondering about my setup. When I did "lastb", I got a message about /var/log/btmp not existing: "Perhaps this file was removed by the operator to prevent logging lastb info." So all I did was drop down to /var/log and "touch btmp". lastb worked fine afterward. I've since deleted /var/log/btmp to get back to the Debian default. Knowing nothing about anything, I was wondering if someone could fill me in on why Debian defaults to no btmp. Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
