[olug] Disabling Password

Brian Roberson roberson at bstc.net
Thu Dec 20 21:05:11 UTC 2001


faillog -m

SHEESH

so, again, to set the max # of login tries, use faillog -m ( see man page
for further info ) and as for having services use this option, again, its is
in PAM module pam_unix.so






----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at bstc.net>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] Disabling Password


> ok, now I have confused myself, as that variable only controls how many
time
> you can retry you password... that isnot what you are looking for....
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at bstc.net>
> To: <olug at bstc.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [olug] Disabling Password
>
>
> > whoops, I meant "validates with the PAM module pam_unix.so" not just
> simply
> > using PAM, as you dont have to use pam_unix.so for a service.... Are you
> > confused yet? :-)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at bstc.net>
> > To: <olug at bstc.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Disabling Password
> >
> >
> > > ensure you are using shadow passwords ( e.g. /etc/shadow exists and
user
> > > passwords are in there, not /etc/passwd ) and set the varibale
> > > "LOGIN_RETRIES" to what you want in the file /etc/login.defs
> > >
> > > every service that validates via PAM should honor this variable ( I am
> > sure
> > > there are caveats however )
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jon Larsen" <jlarsen at cas-online.com>
> > > To: <olug at bstc.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:26 PM
> > > Subject: [olug] Disabling Password
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Anyone:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to disable a password on a given account after x
> > > > number of login attempts automatically
> > > >
> > > > I know about the use of passwd -l , and passwd -u, but you need to
be
> > root
> > > > to perform this interactive action.
> > > >
> > > > Can this be tied to Samba, POP, SSH, FTP ?
> > > >
> > > > See you at the meeting...
> > > > Jon L.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > [ Jon Larsen, Net.Admin  | CAS, Inc.                 ]
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