UNIX logging question.

[Stefan Linnemann]

In article <3259 at hub.UUCP> harald at apple.ucsb.edu (Ommang) writes:
>
>I'm working on a paper comparing security in UNIX and HP's MPE op.sys.
>There is one little detail that I haven't found out about yet :
>If you enter a nonexisting login id or an incorrect password, is this
>logged somewhere in a file / to a system console ?

On our system, a Convex C210, failed logins are logged in
/usr/adm/badlogins.  Though Convex uses a BSD derived Unix, they have
modified it, so I can't tell whether this is a common place or just
Convex's.

Hope this helps,
Stefan.
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