Re: how to configure account lockout duration?

[Jason Gerfen <jason.gerfen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I haven't heard of a module that does that, however you could 
modify that module to get what you need.  Sorry I am not much help.  I 
am trying to modify a couple of modules now to allow logins without the 
need for a local account.

Christopher Hammond wrote:

> thanks!, but actually I am needing something that denies login for XX
> minutes after YY number of logins.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Gerfen [mailto:jason.gerfen@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:50 AM
> To: Pluggable Authentication Modules
> Subject: Re: how to configure account lockout duration?
>
>
> Sorry, I did some googling and found pam_time not pam_timeout.  Here is 
> the link, from what I can make of it by looking at the source it seems 
> to read a configuration file, reads in the variables, checks the time 
> var vs. the current time and logs the person out.  I think its what you 
> are looking for.
>
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_time/
>
>
> Christopher Hammond wrote:
>
>  
>
> > hey, thanks for the info!
> > I searched pam_timeout in the archive for pam-list and yielded no
> > results...do you have a URL?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Gerfen [mailto:jason.gerfen@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 2:43 PM
> > To: Pluggable Authentication Modules
> > Subject: Re: how to configure account lockout duration?
> >
> >
> > Christopher Hammond wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > I am needing to be able to configure the amount of time that an account is
> > > locked after a certain number of failed attempts.
> > >
> > > I have been unable to find any relevant information.
> > >
> > > any advice is GREATLY appreciated.
> > >
> > > C. L. Hammond
> > > Engineer
> > > NAVSYS Corporation
> > > (719)481-4877 x 169
> > > chrish@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > **************************************************
> > >
> > > **************************************************
> > >
> > >
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> > >   
> > >
> > >      
> > I have never used this module but the pam_timeout is what alot of people 
> > are using.  There are about 4 or 5 threads just before yours detailing 
> > some useages and problems others have encountered.
> >
> > HTH
> > Jas
> >
> >
> >
> >    
>
>
>  


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