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Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils/login.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | login-utils/login.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1 index 88bb4d89e..d21a41efc 100644 --- a/login-utils/login.1 +++ b/login-utils/login.1 @@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ these must be met, or the log in attempt will be denied and a .B syslog message will be generated. See the section on "Special Access Restrictions". -If the user is root, then the login must be occuring on a tty listed in +If the user is root, then the login must be occurring on a tty listed in .IR /etc/securetty . Failures will be logged with the .B syslog facility. -After these conditions are checked, the password will be requested and -checks (if a password is required for this username). Ten attempts +After these conditions have been checked, the password will be requested and +checked (if a password is required for this username). Ten attempts are allowed before .B login dies, but after the first three, the response starts to get very slow. @@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ facility. This facility is also used to report any successful root logins. If the file .I .hushlogin exists, then a "quiet" login is performed (this disables the checking -of the checking of mail and the printing of the last login time and -message of the day). Otherwise, if +of mail and the printing of the last login time and message of the day). +Otherwise, if .I /var/log/lastlog exists, the last login time is printed (and the current login is recorded). |