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What logs to check
Rob wrote:
What logs to check
I was wondering also, but look at that old hint Rob mentioned.
What logs to check
Ah, I was looking at my Server Mac, which is still Mac OS 10.3. It appears Tiger is different, as others are saying now.
What logs to check
Pre-Tiger it was easy to find the ssh info in /var/log/system.log
What logs to check
How do you get to
in Terminal so that we can add the line you suggest?
Sorry it's a beginner's question, but you guys who contribute to macosxhints come up with the best suggestions and newbies have to start somewhere.
What logs to check
if your new to terminal/unix I suggest using pico to edit the file. You will have to edit it as 'superuser' so here's the command to get you into edit mode with pico:
What logs to check
If you want to a simple GUI, open Console in /Applications/Utilities/ and click on the "Logs" button. Then scroll down the list to "/var/log" and select "secure.log" and see how many times today "frank" tried to log in.
What logs to check
I tried to view the log files with Console, but the log is greyed out and when clicked upon I see this "===== You do not have permission to read this log file =====". How did I get the permission necessary to view the secure.log?
I am denied permission to secure.log
How do I get into "secure.log" from the console? I am currently denied permission.
I am denied permission to secure.log
I have the same problem. I am the primary user on this machine, does anyone know why one can't see their own logs?
I am denied permission to secure.log
The default permissions on are read/write by root:
What logs to check
Here's a quick terminal script to pull out the failed tries:
grep 'failed to authenticate' /var/log/secure.log
For example, I have an attempt that happened a few days ago and part of it looks like this: Aug 16 20:45:54 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user exiot. Aug 16 20:45:58 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user read. Aug 16 20:46:07 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user write. Aug 16 20:46:11 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user root. Aug 16 20:46:15 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user shell. Aug 16 20:46:19 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user shell. Aug 16 20:46:23 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user shell. Aug 16 20:46:27 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user buffer. Aug 16 20:46:31 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user firebird. Aug 16 20:46:35 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user amd. Aug 16 20:46:38 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user xp. Aug 16 20:46:42 Tyranena com.apple.SecurityServer: authinternal failed to authenticate user service.
What logs to check
Same problem with permissions as noted above, but a sudo fixes that. |
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