hello, Thanks for this good information. I probe it and I have a little problem: I cannot lock the user account. Log shows: Jul 25 12:43:07 pc1 login(pam_unix)[13002]: 3 more authentication failures; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=tty4 ruser= rhost= user=prueba Jul 25 12:43:07 pc1 login(pam_unix)[13002]: service(login) ignoring max retries; 4 > 3 Jul 25 12:43:11 pc1 login(pam_unix)[13003]: session opened for user prueba by (uid=0) I write a wrong password 3 times, and after I can enter in my account. Why? My /etc/pam.d/system-auth is now: auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so account required /lib/security/pam_unix.so account required /lib/security/pam_tally.so deny=3 no_magic_root reset password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 type= difok=2 minlen=7 password sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow remember=3 password required /lib/security/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so thanks and regards, rozio El Lun 21 Jul 2003 15:48, Andrew Shewmaker ha dicho: > Rocio Alfonso Pita wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I want to configure the users passwords so: > > > > - minimum ttl for password > > - maximum ttl for password > > - maximum repeat 2 characters > > - user cannot repeat the 2 lastest passwords. > > - if user fail his password for 3 times, lock his account. > > > > The minimum and maximum ttl I can to configure with "passwd" or in > > /etc/logins.defs. > > I found this site very helpful when I was setting up something > similar to you. > > http://www.puschitz.com/Security.shtml > > -Andrew -- Este correo electrónico y los documentos que lo acompañan pueden contener información reservada y/o confidencial, dirigida exclusivamente al uso del destinatario. Si Vd. no es el destinatario, no está autorizado a copiar o distribuir esta comunicación a ninguna otra persona. Si ha recibido este correo electrónico por error, le rogamos nos lo devuelva y lo elimine de su sistema. Gracias. _____________________________________ Rocío Alfonso Pita Dpto. Sistemas Universal Support S.A.U. Tlf: +34 981 779 140 ext. 6209 Fax: +34 981 779 141 _____________________________________ _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list