{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "faillog",
    "section": "5",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/faillog/5/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-02T19:34:30Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "faillog - login failure logging file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "/var/log/faillog maintains a count of login failures and the limits for each account.\n\nThe file contains fixed length records, indexed by numerical UID. Each record contains the\ncount of login failures since the last successful login; the maximum number of failures\nbefore the account is disabled; the line on which the last login failure occurred; the date\nof the last login failure; and the duration (in seconds) during which the account will be\nlocked after a failure.\n\nThe structure of the file is:\n\nstruct    faillog {\nshort   failcnt;\nshort   failmax;\nchar    failline[12];\ntimet  failtime;\nlong    faillocktime;\n};\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "/var/log/faillog\nFailure logging file.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "faillog(8)\n\n\n\nshadow-utils 4.8.1                           02/06/2024                                   FAILLOG(5)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "faillog - login failure logging file",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}