From: Joe N. <jo...@jo...> - 2012-03-29 15:07:45
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-----Original message----- > What gets logged to /var/log/auth.log when you try to login to Webmin? > There may be some informative messages from sudo .. > > - Jamie Hi Jamie, This is what get logged in /var/log/auth.log: <attempt_1> Mar 29 15:59:59 MailServer1 perl[2772]: pam_unix(webmin:session): session opened for user joe by (uid=0) Mar 29 15:59:59 MailServer1 webmin[2772]: Invalid login as joe from 192.168.1.4 </attempt_1> <attempt_2> Mar 29 16:00:05 MailServer1 perl[2929]: pam_unix(webmin:session): session opened for user joe by (uid=0) Mar 29 16:00:05 MailServer1 webmin[21308]: Security alert: Host 192.168.1.50 blocked after 5 failed logins for user joe </attempt_2> Obviously, sudo is now blocking me for the time being, as I've tried several times to login whilst verifying my username/password is actually correct :-( Can you offer any suggestions why sudo would be declining the login attempt through Webmin? If there's any further info required, please ask. Thanks, Joe |