| 1 | =head1 NAME |
| 2 | |
| 3 | kaserverauxdb - Records failed authentication attempts |
| 4 | |
| 5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
| 6 | |
| 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. |
| 11 | |
| 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. |
| 20 | |
| 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. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | =head1 CAUTIONS |
| 27 | |
| 28 | The Authentication Server is obsolete and is provided only for sites that |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. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
| 33 | |
| 34 | L<kaserver.DB0(5)>, |
| 35 | L<kas_examine(8)>, |
| 36 | L<kas_unlock(8)>, |
| 37 | L<kaserver(8)> |
| 38 | |
| 39 | =head1 COPYRIGHT |
| 40 | |
| 41 | IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved. |
| 42 | |
| 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. |