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We have auditing set up across all our domain controllers, and they are being monitored by PRTG.

i want to be alerted when a user fails to log into their machine /server

Whats the best way to set this up?

domain failed-logins login

Created on Jun 13, 2019 9:40:03 AM



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Hi there,

Thank you very much for your contact.

There is no built-in sensor for specific failed logins, but it should be doable with the Event Log (Windows API) sensor and monitoring the Windows event log entries as described here.

Best regards,
Sebastian

Created on Jun 13, 2019 1:58:26 PM by Sebastian Kniege [Paessler Support]




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