ftp/sftp user account lockout threshold
Johan Booysen
johan at matrix-data.co.uk
Thu Aug 9 14:43:14 UTC 2007
I've tested it again.
With "deny=2" I can do two failed logons, but if the third attempt is
correct then I log in and the faillog entry is removed. Which in effect
gives me three logon attempts.
Well, never mind - it does what I want it to do, so everyone's happy.
Thanks very much to Bill for the advise!
Johan
-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tangren
Sent: 09 August 2007 13:56
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: ftp/sftp user account lockout threshold
Johan Booysen wrote:
> I've finally gotten round to implementing the pam_tally module. It
> does seem to do the trick, but I've noticed that using the following
> line actually allows for 4 logon attempts:
>
> account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so deny=3 no_magic_root
> reset
>
> Is that how it's supposed to work?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Johan
No. This means three failed login attempts, and you're locked out. You
don't get a fourth try. I just tested it.
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