openafs/doc/xml/AdminReference/sect5/kaserverauxdb.xml
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<refentry id="kaserverauxdb5">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>kaserverauxdb</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>kaserverauxdb</refname>
<refpurpose>Records failed authentication attempts</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>The file <replaceable>kaserverauxdb</replaceable> records failed authentication attempts for the
local Authentication Server. The server creates it automatically in the
<replaceable>/usr/afs/local</replaceable> directory by default; use the <emphasis role="bold">-localfiles</emphasis> argument to
the <emphasis role="bold">kaserver</emphasis> command to specify an alternate directory.</para>
<para>The <replaceable>kaserverauxdb</replaceable> file is an internal database used by the
Authentication Server to prevent access by users who have exceeded the
limit on failed authentication attempts defined in their Authentication
Database entry. The Authentication Server refuses further attempts to
authenticate to an account listed in the database until either an AFS
system administrator issues the <emphasis role="bold">kas unlock</emphasis> command to unlock the
account, or the timeout period defined in the user's Authentication
Database entry passes.</para>
<para>The <replaceable>kaserverauxdb</replaceable> file is in binary format, so its contents are not
directly accessible. However, the output from the <emphasis role="bold">kas examine</emphasis> command
reports an account's maximum number of failed attempts, the lockout time,
and whether the account is currently locked.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para><link linkend="kaserver_DB05">kaserver.DB0(5)</link>,
<link linkend="kas_examine8">kas_examine(8)</link>,
<link linkend="kas_unlock8">kas_unlock(8)</link>,
<link linkend="kaserver8">kaserver(8)</link></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Copyright</title>
<para>IBM Corporation 2000. &lt;http://www.ibm.com/&gt; All Rights Reserved.</para>
<para>This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>