  | |  | unix account lock out ?? | unix account lock out ?? 2005-05-02 - By Frank Jahn
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> Hi..my friend told me that if we try wrong password > for a unix/linux account for 3 times, the account will > be locked. Is there such a thing? If yes, may I know > where to configure it? Why mine doesn't work that way? > > > __ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >
Hello,
take a look at PAM and the tally Module. With pam_tally.so you can restrict failed login attempts on your server.
greetings
Frank
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