_PATH_FAILLOG in <paths.h>

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Mon Sep 1 14:52:30 GMT 2025


* Alejandro Colomar:

> I've noticed that there's no _PATH_FAILLOG in <paths.h>.  Should we add
> that macro for consistency with other files such as _PATH_LASTLOG?

I don't think so.  Linux does not support atomic writes, so files like
lastlog cannot really work reliably.  I don't see why faillog would be
any different.

Thanks,
Florian



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