NAME 

pam_abl - query or purge the databases used by the pam_abl module

OVERVIEW 

pam_abl [ OPTIONS ] [ CONFIG ]

DESCRIPTION 

Performs maintenance on the databases used by the pam_abl (auto blacklist) module. CONFIG is the name of the pam_abl config file (/etc/security/pam_abl.conf). The config file is read to discover the names of the pam_abl databases and the rules that control purging of old data from them.

OPTIONS 

-h, --help
See a help message
-p, --purge
Purge databases according to purge rules in config
-r, --relative
Display times relative to now otherwise absolute times will be displayed
-v, --verbose
Verbose output
--okuser=USER
Unblock USER
--okhost=HOST
Unblock HOST

EXAMPLES 

Obtain a list of failed hosts and users:
$ pam_abl
Obtain a full list of failures listing times relative to now:
$ pam_abl -rv $ pam_abl --relative --verbose
Purge old data:
$ pam_abl -p $ pam_abl --purge
Unblock all example.com, somewhere.com hosts:
$ pam_abl -v --okhost=*.example.com --okhost=*.somewhere.com

AUTHOR 

Andy Armstrong <andy@hexten.net>

SEE ALSO 

/usr/share/doc/pam_abl-*/CONFIGURATION

REPORT BUGS 

Please report bugs in English language to the author.

COPYRIGHT 

pam_abl is licensed under GNU General Public License, the complete license you can get at: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html