[olug] Disabling Password

[Brian Roberson]

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.
>
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