I've played with PAM some, and am learning
more all the time. One resource I turn to pretty frequently is the PAM
documentation found at kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam. From what I've
learned along the way, I think your "auth" line isn't the right place
for the "deny" option, and that would be why you get the errors you
do.
What works for me is to have the deny
option be on the "account" line, as follows:
account
required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so deny=2
Secondly, I'd recommend upgrading to a newer version of PAM, ..77 is
quite outdated. You'll probably have much greater success with a newer
release.
Good luck!
R,
-Joe Wulf, CISSP, USN(RET)
Senior IA Engineer
ProSync Technology Group, LLC
www.prosync.com
From: pam-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pam-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Monu Agrawal
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 07:39
To: pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: pam_tally: unknown option
Hi,
I am using pam-0.77-65.1. The problem I am getting with it is, I am not able to
set deny and unlock_time options.
My file looks like following:
#%PAM-1.0
auth required
pam_stack.so service=system-auth
auth required
pam_nologin.so
auth required
pam_tally.so deny=3 unlock_time=600
account required pam_tally.so
account required pam_stack.so
service=system-auth
password required pam_stack.so
service=system-auth
session required pam_stack.so
service=system-auth
I am getting the following error messages on /var/log/messages
Jun 16 17:05:32 ssc-216 pam_tally[26272]: pam_tally: unknown option; deny=3
Jun 16 17:05:32 ssc-216 pam_tally[26272]: pam_tally: unknown option;
unlock_time=600
Are these options available on the this particular version? Can anybody tell me
what is wrong with the above config?
--
The things we know best are
the things we haven't been taught.
'Make Your Own Way'
Monu Agrawal
