<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>pam_abl</title> <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <h1>pam_abl</h1> <dl> <dt>NAME</dt> <dd>pam_abl - query or purge the databases used by the <a href="index.html">pam_abl module</a></dd> <dt>SYNOPSIS</dt> <dd>pam_abl [OPTION] [CONFIG]</dd> <dt>DESCRIPTION</dt> <dd> <p>Perform maintenance on the databases used by the pam_abl (auto blacklist) module. CONFIG is the name of the pam_abl config file (default: /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. The following options are available</p> <table> <tr> <td>-h, --help</td> <td>See this message.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-p, --purge</td> <td>Purge databases according to purge rules in config.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-r, --relative</td> <td>Display times relative to now otherwise absolute times will be displayed.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>-v, --verbose</td> <td>Verbose output.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>--okuser=USER</td> <td>Unblock USER.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>--okhost=HOST</td> <td>Unblock HOST.</td> </tr> </table> </dd> <dt>EXAMPLES</dt> <dd> <p>Obtain a list of failed hosts and users:</p> <p><code>$ pam_abl</code></p> <p>Obtain a full list of failures listing times relative to now:</p> <p><code>$ pam_abl -rv</code><br /> <code>$ pam_abl --relative --verbose</code></p> <p>Purge old data:</p> <p><code>$ pam_abl -p</code><br /> <code>$ pam_abl --purge</code></p> <p>Unblock all example.com, somewhere.com hosts:</p> <p><code>$ pam_abl -v --okhost=*.example.com --okhost=*.somewhere.com</code></p> </dd> <dt>AUTHOR</dt> <dd>Written by Andy Armstrong <a href="mailto:andy@hexten.net"><andy@hexten.net></a></dd> <dt>LICENCE</dt> <dd>See <a href="copying.html">this page</a> for licensing details.</dd> <dt>REPORTING BUGS</dt> <dd>Report bugs to <a href="mailto:andy@hexten.net"><andy@hexten.net></a></dd> <dt>SEE ALSO</dt> <dd>The main documentation for <a href="index.html">pam_abl.so</a>.</dd> </dl> </body> </html>