Display (or act on) faillog records for all users having an entry in the faillog database.

The range of users can be restricted with the -u option.

In display mode, this is still restricted to existing users but forces the display of the faillog entries even if they are empty.

With the -l, -m, -r, -t options, the users' records are changed, even if the user does not exist on the system. This is useful to reset records of users that have been deleted or to set a policy in advance for a range of users.

Wyświetlenie komunikatu pomocy i zakończenie działania.

Lock account for SEC seconds after failed login.

Write access to /var/log/faillog is required for this option.

Set the maximum number of login failures after the account is disabled to MAX.

Selecting a MAX value of 0 has the effect of not placing a limit on the number of failed logins.

The maximum failure count should always be 0 for root to prevent a denial of services attack against the system.

Write access to /var/log/faillog is required for this option.

Reset the counters of login failures.

Write access to /var/log/faillog is required for this option.

Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory. Only absolute paths are supported.

Display faillog records more recent than DAYS.

Display faillog record or maintains failure counters and limits (if used with -l, -m or -r options) only for the specified user(s).

The users can be specified by a login name, a numerical user ID, or a RANGE of users. This RANGE of users can be specified with a min and max values (UID_MIN-UID_MAX), a max value (-UID_MAX), or a min value (UID_MIN-).

Failure logging file.