Tracking failed logons in 9i(R2)/10G

What is the best way to track failed logons in 9i? I have been reading through the doc's on tahiti for 9i, but so far have only seen fine grained auditing of tables etc. when all I want to do is record the failed logins, which machine, os user etc.
I am assuming that once I find the proper method in 9i, I can apply the same process in 10G, even though 10G may have more of this capability already built in.
thanks.

Thanks - I am assuming I have to enable auditing somehow in the init/spfile and bounce the DB to have this take effect?
eg. audit_trail=db (or os?)
Then have the statement you suggested somehow auto-run at database startup?
I have initiated logon and logoff triggers and have a monthly report from the data they create to keep the SOX bean-counters happy, but now they want a report to show all failed logons as well, so I am trying to find the best way to do this that will be easy to pull a report from.
Edited by: user571263 on Nov 25, 2008 2:08 PM

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