# [WEB_AUTH_FILE_READ](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=WEB_AUTH_FILE_READ)

## SYSLOG Details
- **Message**: Unable to read <variable>count</variable>u bytes from file <variable>filename</variable>: <variable>error-message</variable>
- **Help**: checklogin could not read contents of throttle file
- **Description**: To avoid becoming overloaded, the checklogin process limits how many authentication requests it handles per second. It attempted to read the indicated number of bytes in the indicated file, which it uses to implement the limit. The attempt failed for the indicated reason.
- **Type**: SNO: Should Not Occur
- **Severity**: error
- **Cause**: -
- **Action**: -
- **Attributes**: count
filename
error-message
- **Facility**: LOG_AUTH

## Found this message in the following releases:
- [Junos OS 24.2R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=WEB_AUTH_FILE_READ&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=24.2R1)
- [Junos OS 23.4R1](https://apps.juniper.net/syslog-explorer/?msg=WEB_AUTH_FILE_READ&sw=Junos%20OS&rel=23.4R1)