telnetd logging

[A5k]

hi all,
I was wondering if Redhat 7.3 installs with logging enabled for telnetd. If so, where is the log file? If not, how would I go about logging all telnet attempts?

thanks,
-a5k

 

[Morsing]

I'm pretty sure all login attempts should be in /var/log/messages provided you have an entry like

*.info /var/log/messages

in syslog.conf

Cheers Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration

 

[stubbint]

Try this web page,I think it answers what you need to know:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-tcpwrappers-xinetd.html

 

[Morsing]

Trevor,
are you sure that would log failed attempts?? The super server can't tell if you enter an incorrect password.

Cheers Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration

 

[A5k]

thanks for the replies...what i was looking for was in /var/log/messages. I believe that I also read somewhere that failed login attempts only gets logged after 5 failed tries. Is there a way to change this value, say to 2 or 3?

-a5k

 

[Morsing]

Failed login attempts are always logged. Maybe you read that the account gets locked after a number of attempts.

Can't remember exactly where that is but look around in /etc or check 'man login'.

Cheers Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration