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time-period days
Sets the number of days for which the system stores the user login statistics. The
range is from 1 to 30.
Defaults Not configured
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.8(0.0) Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage
Information
Only the system and security administrators can configure login activity tracking and view the login
activity details of other users.
If you enable user login statistics, the system displays the last successful login details of the current user
and the details of any failed login attempts by others.
If you use the login statistics time-period days command to set a custom time period, the
system only reports the login statistics during that interval.
NOTE: Login statistics is not applicable for login sessions that do not use user names for
authentication. For example, the system does not report login activity for a telnet session that
prompts only a password field.
Example
When you login to the system, it displays a message similar to the following:
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Last successful login: Mon Feb 16 04:36:11 2015 Line vty0 ( 10.14.1.97 ).
There were 2 unsuccessful login attempt(s) since the last successful
login.
There were 3 unsuccessful login attempt(s) for user admin in last 30
day(s).
The preceding message shows that the user had previously logged in to the system using the VTY line
from 10.14.1.97. It also displays the number of unsuccessful login attempts since the last login and the
number of unsuccessful login attempts in the last 30 days.
$ telnet 10.11.178.14
Trying 10.11.178.14...
Connected to 10.11.178.14.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: admin
Password:
Last successful login: Wed Feb 5 14:05:28 IST 2015 on console
There were 2 unsuccessful login attempt(s) since the last successful
login.
There were 3 unsuccessful login attempt(s) for user admin in last 12
day(s).
The preceding message shows that the user had previously logged in to the system using the console
line. It also displays the number of unsuccessful login attempts since the last login and the number of
unsuccessful login attempts during a custom time period.
Related
Commands
login concurrent-session — Configures the limit of concurrent sessions for each user on console and
virtual terminal lines.
show login statistics — Displays login statistics of users who have used the console or virtual terminal
lines to log in to the system.
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