lastlog and faillog

[y2kdis]

how can i view the contents of the lastlog file? i opened it with a text editor and all i can see are garbled texts. it seems the file is binary (i may be wrong). what application must i use to see its contents?

also, i can't find faillog in the /var/log/ or anywhere in the system. i'm quite sure i enabled logging of failed logons in the login.defs. any idea here?

[anomie]

What distro?

You should be able to use the

lastlog

command.

PAM should log failed logins to /var/log/messages; they will look something like

... error: PAM: Authentication failure

[y2kdis]

What distro?

PAM should log failed logins to /var/log/messages; they will look something like

... error: PAM: Authentication failure

yes i found out it should be run and not opened with a text editor.

i'm using debian sarge.

i checked the /var/log/messages file, it contains system logs pertaining to boot up and none for failed logs. any more ideas?

[anomie]

Unfortunately I do not know debian. Surely there is an expert hanging around who can help.