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2 <refentry id="kaserverauxdb5">
4 <refentrytitle>kaserverauxdb</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
8 <refname>kaserverauxdb</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Records failed authentication attempts</refpurpose>
12 <title>Description</title>
13 <para>The file <replaceable>kaserverauxdb</replaceable> records failed authentication attempts for the
14 local Authentication Server. The server creates it automatically in the
15 <replaceable>/usr/afs/local</replaceable> directory by default; use the <emphasis role="bold">-localfiles</emphasis> argument to
16 the <emphasis role="bold">kaserver</emphasis> command to specify an alternate directory.</para>
18 <para>The <replaceable>kaserverauxdb</replaceable> file is an internal database used by the
19 Authentication Server to prevent access by users who have exceeded the
20 limit on failed authentication attempts defined in their Authentication
21 Database entry. The Authentication Server refuses further attempts to
22 authenticate to an account listed in the database until either an AFS
23 system administrator issues the <emphasis role="bold">kas unlock</emphasis> command to unlock the
24 account, or the timeout period defined in the user's Authentication
25 Database entry passes.</para>
27 <para>The <replaceable>kaserverauxdb</replaceable> file is in binary format, so its contents are not
28 directly accessible. However, the output from the <emphasis role="bold">kas examine</emphasis> command
29 reports an account's maximum number of failed attempts, the lockout time,
30 and whether the account is currently locked.</para>
34 <title>See Also</title>
35 <para><link linkend="kaserver_DB05">kaserver.DB0(5)</link>,
36 <link linkend="kas_examine8">kas_examine(8)</link>,
37 <link linkend="kas_unlock8">kas_unlock(8)</link>,
38 <link linkend="kaserver8">kaserver(8)</link></para>
42 <title>Copyright</title>
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