LOGIN System Log Messages

This chapter describes messages with the LOGIN prefix. They are generated by the login process (login), which performs authentication for Telnet sessions.

LOGIN_ABORTED

System Log Message

Client aborted login

Description

A login attempt was cancelled, either by the remote user or in response to a signal.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_FAILED

System Log Message

Login failed for user username from host hostname

Description

A login attempt failed for the indicated username.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_FAILED_LIMIT

System Log Message

Specified number of login failures (limit) for user 'username' reached from 'remote-address'

Description

Several login attempts failed for the indicated username.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_FAILED_SET_CONTEXT

System Log Message

Failed to set context for user username

Description

The login process (login) could not set login context properties for the indicated user and cancelled the authentication attempt.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_FAILED_SET_LOGIN

System Log Message

Failed to set login ID for user username: error-message

Description

The login process (login) could not assume the user ID of the indicated user and cancelled the authentication attempt.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_HOSTNAME_UNRESOLVED

System Log Message

Unable to resolve hostname hostname: error-message

Description

The login process (login) could not resolve the indicated remote hostname for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

Cause

An internal software failure occurred.

LOGIN_INFORMATION

System Log Message

User username logged in from host hostname on device tty-name

Description

The indicated username was authenticated and logged into the shell specified for it in the password file.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_LOCAL_PASSWORD

System Log Message

Requested local password from user username

Description

The PAM authentication attempt failed for the indicated user, who was prompted for the password recorded in the local password file.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_MALFORMED_USER

System Log Message

Invalid username: username

Description

The indicated username was invalid.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_PAM_AUTHENTICATION_ERROR

System Log Message

PAM authentication error for user username

Description

The login process (login) could not authenticate the indicated user via PAM.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_PAM_ERROR

System Log Message

Failure while authenticating user username: error-message

Description

The PAM authentication process failed for the indicated username, for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_PAM_MAX_RETRIES

System Log Message

Too many retries while authenticating user username

Description

The number of failed PAM authentication attempts for the indicated user exceeded the maximum limit.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_PAM_STOP

System Log Message

Failed to end PAM session: error-message

Description

The login process (login) could not end the PAM authentication session, for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

System Log Message

Attempt to authenticate unknown user username

Description

The login process (login) failed to authenticate the indicated user via PAM because the username was unknown.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_PASSWORD_EXPIRED

System Log Message

Forcing change of expired password for user username

Description

The password provided for the indicated username was expired and the user was prompted to set a new one.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_REFUSED

System Log Message

Login of user username from host hostname on device tty-name was refused: reason

Description

A login attempt for the indicated username was rejected for the indicated reason.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_ROOT

System Log Message

User username logged in as root from host hostname on device tty-name

Description

The indicated username was authenticated as a superuser and logged into the shell specified for the root user in the password file.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH

LOGIN_TIMED_OUT

System Log Message

Login attempt timed out after duration seconds

Description

A login attempt failed to complete in the maximum time allowed.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_AUTH