On 6/6/2013 10:15 AM, Graeme Fowler wrote: > 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:
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>> 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:
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>> I need to set a variable
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>> 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.
>
> Graeme