Hi, Have a look at pam_tally2. There is an option there (even_deny_root) which if NOT used will practically prevent root account fro being locked up. Read pam_tally2 (man) for more details. Kind regards, Greg Wojcieszczuk On 05/19/2011 07:38 PM, Adam Miller wrote: > 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
