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1 | =head1 NAME |
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3 | kaserverauxdb - Records failed authentication attempts | |
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5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
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7 | The file F<kaserverauxdb> records failed authentication attempts for the | |
8 | local Authentication Server. The server creates it automatically in the | |
9 | F</usr/afs/local> directory by default; use the B<-localfiles> argument to | |
10 | the B<kaserver> command to specify an alternate directory. | |
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12 | The F<kaserverauxdb> file is an internal database used by the | |
13 | Authentication Server to prevent access by users who have exceeded the | |
14 | limit on failed authentication attempts defined in their Authentication | |
15 | Database entry. The Authentication Server refuses further attempts to | |
16 | authenticate to an account listed in the database until either an AFS | |
17 | system administrator issues the B<kas unlock> command to unlock the | |
18 | account, or the timeout period defined in the user's Authentication | |
19 | Database entry passes. | |
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21 | The F<kaserverauxdb> file is in binary format, so its contents are not | |
22 | directly accessible. However, the output from the B<kas examine> command | |
23 | reports an account's maximum number of failed attempts, the lockout time, | |
24 | and whether the account is currently locked. | |
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26 | =head1 CAUTIONS | |
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28 | The Authentication Server is obsolete and is provided only for sites that | |
29 | need to use it while preparing for a migration to Kerberos KDC. It will be | |
30 | removed in a future version of OpenAFS. | |
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32 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
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34 | L<kaserver.DB0(5)>, | |
35 | L<kas_examine(8)>, | |
36 | L<kas_unlock(8)>, | |
37 | L<kaserver(8)> | |
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39 | =head1 COPYRIGHT | |
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41 | IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved. | |
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43 | This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was | |
44 | converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ | |
45 | Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. |