Run a script at failed login

L.Jenkins · 2015-10-02 11:02:26

Just wondering if anyone has an idea of how to run a script at a failed login attempt. I have the rest of my script completed, which will take an image and email it to me.

02-10-2015 11:02AM

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L.Jenkins

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Just wondering if anyone has an idea of how to run a script at a failed login attempt. I have the rest of my script completed, which will take an image and email it to me.

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#2 02-10-2015 11:23AM

jimgoose

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I think PAM should be able to do this:

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/152846/run-script-at-fail-login-attempt

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#3 02-10-2015 11:47AM

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Thanks Jim. That looks helpful.

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#4 21-10-2015 01:41PM

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Local or remote login? For remote search for fail2ban + email notifications

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#5 21-10-2015 06:04PM

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PrzemoF wrote: »

Local or remote login? For remote search for fail2ban + email notifications

It's for a local login.

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