On 6 Jun 2013, at 17:57, Marc Perkel <marc@???> wrote: > Except that it's not what I can use.
Yes, it is. It's absolutely something you can use, if you wrap your brain around it and extract the right bits.
You originally asked:
> Is there a way for an ACL to do something on authentication failure? I'm trying to trap the IP addresses of hackers trying to guess passwords.
and subsequently asked:
> I need to set a variable
>
> set acl_m_auth_failed = true
>
> If authentication fails. How do I do that?
It's pretty clear to me (having never done this at all) that everything you need is in the Wiki page previously referred to. I'll give you a clue - $authentication_failed. You know where to find an explanation of it.