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login and su Issues
These messages are typically informational. They appear when another user attempts to log on to the system or use another account and the attempt either fails or succeeds.
login Messages
You may see the message:
login: failed: <user> as <user>
The login failures indicate that the user didn't specify the correct password or misspelled the login name. The /var/adm/SYSLOG file contains the hostname that the user attempted to log in from and the account (username) the user attempted to log in to on the local system.
su Messages
You may see the message:
su: failed: ttyq# changing from <user> to root
The su messages are typically informational. They appear when a user attempts to switch user accounts. Typically users are attempting to become root or superuser when this message appears.
The su failures indicate that the user didn't specify the correct password or misspelled the login name. The /var/adm/SYSLOG file contains the hostname, tty port number (ttyq#), the name of the user that attempted to perform the su command, and the account the user attempted to use.
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