Re: Account locked by pam_tally does not reflect in passwd -S
Thorsten Kukuk <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.pam |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, Oct 18, Anusuya K wrote: > > > Hi, > I was able to configure pam_tally on RHEL 5.5/6 and verify that account gets locked after 'n' unsuccessful attempts through different auth mechanisms like su, sshd, login etc. > > I can also see the output of pam_tally or faillog that reflects the number of failed login attempts. > > But when I try passwd -S <user name> after an account is locked through use of pam_tally, it does not relect account locked status. pam_tally account locking via faillog has nothing to do with passwd. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager/Release Manager SLES SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)