faillock:tldr:b8d71

faillock: List login failures of the specified user.

faillock

$ sudo faillock --user ${user}

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This command is using the "sudo" command to run "faillock" with a specific user specified by the variable "${user}".

The "faillock" command is a utility in Linux systems that manages the login failure tracking and lockout policies for user accounts. It is typically used to enforce account lockouts after a certain number of failed login attempts, to improve security against brute-force attacks.

The "--user" option is used to specify the user account for which the faillock command's operation will be performed.

So, when this command is executed with proper values assigned to the "${user}" variable, it will run the "faillock" utility with superuser privileges (using "sudo") and perform operations related to login failure tracking and lockout policies for the specified user.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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