Administrator Guide

change the default value to any number of days from 1 to 30. By default, login activity tracking is disabled. You can enable it using the

Restrictions for Tracking Login Activity

These restrictions apply for tracking login activity:

• Only the system and security administrators can configure login activity tracking and view the login activity details of other users.

• Login statistics is not applicable for login sessions that do not use user names for authentication. For example, the system does not

report login activity for a telnet session that prompts only a password.

Configuring Login Activity Tracking

To enable and configure login activity tracking, follow these steps:

1. Enable login activity tracking.

CONFIGURATION mode

After enabling login statistics, the system stores the login activity details for the last 30 days.

2. (Optional) Configure the number of days for which the system stores the user login statistics. The range is from 1 to 30.

CONFIGURATION mode

The following example enables login activity tracking. The system stores the login activity details for the last 30 days.

Dell(config)#login statistics enable

The following example enables login activity tracking and configures the system to store the login activity details for 12 days.

Dell(config)#login statistics enable

Dell(config)#login statistics time-period 12

Display Login Statistics

To view the login statistics, use the show login statistics command.

Example of the show login statistics Command

The show login statistics command displays the successful and failed login details of the current user in the last 30 days or the

custom defined time period.

Dell#show login statistics

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User: admin

Last login time: 12:52:01 UTC Tue Mar 22 2016

Last login location: Line vty0 ( 10.16.127.143 )

Unsuccessful login attempt(s) since the last successful login: 0

Unsuccessful login attempt(s) in last 30 day(s): 0

Successful login attempt(s) in last 30 day(s): 1

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Example of the show login statistics all command

The show login statistics all command displays the successful and failed login details of all users in the last 30 days or the

custom defined time period.

Dell#show login statistics all

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User: admin

Last login time: 08:54:28 UTC Wed Mar 23 2016

Last login location: Line vty0 ( 10.16.127.145 )

Unsuccessful login attempt(s) since the last successful login: 0

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