On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 02:31:07PM -0400, Ben wrote: > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 23:26 +0530, Raj Har wrote: > > > Hello All, > > i want to disable user after 3 attempts for particular time > > period. > > i have done this with the help of PAM but in this situation root also > > disabled for particular time period. i don`t wanna do this for root user. > > i hope u will give me some suggestion. > > > > thanks > > > Have a look at fail2ban. Works for me. You might also take a look at the iptables recent module: http://www.stearns.org/doc/adaptive-firewalls.current.html Other articles exist for it as well and I'm sure some google-fu will get you there. -AdamM -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list