Monday, November 12, 2018

Howto find bad linux login attempts



The files  wtmp and btmp are  typically  for tracking  successful and bad logins. To find  bad logins just run the  last or lastb commands. The former  requires you specify the  file "btmp" and the later does it automatically.




It's good to monitor btmp  since it can  give clues that a brute force login attack is under way or some one is having major login problems.







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