Perform maintenance on the databases used by the pam_abl (auto blacklist) module. CONFIG is the name of the pam_abl config file (often /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
| -h, --help | See this 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. |
Obtain a list of failed hosts and users:
$ pam_abl /etc/security/pam_abl.conf
Obtain a full list of failures listing times relative to now:
$ pam_abl -rv /etc/security/pam_abl.conf
$ pam_abl --relative --verbose /etc/security/pam_abl.conf
Purge old data:
$ pam_abl -p /etc/security/pam_abl.conf
$ pam_abl --purge /etc/security/pam_abl.conf