topic console_login_mgr:warning]: too many bad logins on console in Active IQ and AutoSupport Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Discussions/console-login-mgr-warning-too-many-bad-logins-on-console/m-p/52093#M847 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Netapp Gurus,</P><P></P><P>We are getting the following alert continuously, not sure what is the issue.</P><P></P><P>console_login_mgr:warning]: too many bad logins on console</P><P></P><P>Please suggest how this alert can be mitigated ?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:59:10 GMT TCSPHONES4U 2025-06-05T05:59:10Z console_login_mgr:warning]: too many bad logins on console https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Discussions/console-login-mgr-warning-too-many-bad-logins-on-console/m-p/52093#M847 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Netapp Gurus,</P><P></P><P>We are getting the following alert continuously, not sure what is the issue.</P><P></P><P>console_login_mgr:warning]: too many bad logins on console</P><P></P><P>Please suggest how this alert can be mitigated ?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:59:10 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Discussions/console-login-mgr-warning-too-many-bad-logins-on-console/m-p/52093#M847 TCSPHONES4U 2025-06-05T05:59:10Z Re: console_login_mgr:warning]: too many bad logins on console https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Discussions/console-login-mgr-warning-too-many-bad-logins-on-console/m-p/52098#M848 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks like something (script? something connected to the serial port?) repeatedly tries to login with a wrong username/password. Please check your /etc/messages file to see if there's an IP address mentioned there. If not, check the serial port and disconnect it (if there's anything connected)</P><P></P><P>-Michael</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:26:00 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Active-IQ-and-AutoSupport-Discussions/console-login-mgr-warning-too-many-bad-logins-on-console/m-p/52098#M848 Darkstar 2013-07-04T12:26:00Z