Collect login and logout eventsID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:85281 | Date: (C)2022-10-31 (M)2023-12-20 |
Class: COMPLIANCE | Family: unix |
Monitor login and logout events. The parameters below track changes to files associated with login/logout events. The file /var/log/faillog tracks failed events from login. The file /var/log/lastlog maintain records of the last time a user successfully logged in. The file /var/log/tallylog maintains records of failures via the pam_tally2 module
Monitoring login/logout events could provide a system administrator with information
associated with brute force attacks against user logins.