Hi All, Iam trying to authenticate users based on sequence as below: Iam planning to use PAM for that. To achieve the below sequence i plan to use pam_set_data and pam_get_data. 1. Try Remote Authentication PAM module (This module contacts remote server for auth information) The above fails with following reasons: -- remote server not reachable -- some fatal error -- authentication failed.... (use pam_set_data to set the error code) 2. Try with pam_tally.so (This module will track number of invalid login attempts by particular user) -- here i increment invalid login count per user only if the above module fails with authentication failed error(by pam_get_data) Please let me know if there is a better way to do the above. Any comments/links really helpful. Best Regards, _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list