/var/log/secure not present in 14.04 ,is there any alternative?

While reading about Linux, especially about sudo, I got:

A message such as the following would appear in a system log file (usually /var/log/secure) when trying to execute sudo bash without successfully authenticating the user:

authentication failure; logname=op uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/6 ruser=op rhost= user=op
conversation failed
auth could not identify password for [op]
op : 1 incorrect password attempt ;
TTY=pts/6 ; PWD=/var/log ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/bash

Then I tried it in my shell prompt:

anupam@JAZZ:~$ sudo bash
[sudo] password for anupam:
root@JAZZ:~# 

then when I looked for /var/log/secure, it was not there

anupam@JAZZ:~$ more /var/log/secure
/var/log/secure: No such file or directory
anupam@JAZZ:~$ ls /var/log
alternatives.log auth.log dmesg gpu-manager.log mysql.log pm-suspend.log.2.gz upstart
alternatives.log.1 auth.log.1 dmesg.0 hp mysql.log.1.gz samba wtmp
alternatives.log.2.gz auth.log.2.gz dmesg.1.gz installer mysql.log.2.gz speech-dispatcher wtmp.1
apache2 auth.log.3.gz dmesg.2.gz jetty mysql.log.3.gz syslog Xorg.0.log
apport.log auth.log.4.gz dmesg.3.gz kern.log mysql.log.4.gz syslog.1 Xorg.0.log.old
apport.log.1 boot.log dmesg.4.gz kern.log.1 mysql.log.5.gz syslog.2.gz Xorg.1.log
apport.log.2.gz bootstrap.log dpkg.log kern.log.2.gz mysql.log.6.gz syslog.3.gz Xorg.1.log.old
apport.log.3.gz btmp dpkg.log.1 kern.log.3.gz mysql.log.7.gz syslog.4.gz
apport.log.4.gz btmp.1 dpkg.log.2.gz kern.log.4.gz pm-powersave.log syslog.5.gz
apport.log.5.gz ConsoleKit faillog lastlog pm-powersave.log.1 syslog.6.gz
apport.log.6.gz cups fontconfig.log lightdm pm-powersave.log.2.gz syslog.7.gz
apport.log.7.gz dbconfig-common fsck mysql pm-suspend.log udev
apt dist-upgrade gdm mysql.err pm-suspend.log.1 unattended-upgrades

Is there any alternative for /var/log/secure in my system?

1 Answer

This type of log events is usually found in /var/log/auth.log in Debian and its derivatives including Ubuntu.