On Tue, Oct 18, Anusuya K wrote: > > > Hi, > I was able to configure pam_tally on RHEL 5.5/6 and verify that account gets locked after 'n' unsuccessful attempts through different auth mechanisms like su, sshd, login etc. > > I can also see the output of pam_tally or faillog that reflects the number of failed login attempts. > > But when I try passwd -S <user name> after an account is locked through use of pam_tally, it does not relect account locked status. pam_tally account locking via faillog has nothing to do with passwd. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk, Project Manager/Release Manager SLES SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
