> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Carville > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:47 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: exclude user from password policy? > > Anne wrote: > > Sorry, I should have been more clear. > > > > Basically I created a PAM policy to disable accounts after 5 > > unsuccessful logon attempts. Unfortunately, this included the ROOT > > account, which is causing major headaches. > > > > Just wondered if I could exclude the ROOT account in this > PAM policy > > from inheriting this disable policy? > > pam_listfile maybe? Agreed, that's a nice generic approach. She didn't mention which pam module she's using to do the failed login counting. If it's pam_tally, then the default is not to count for root. > > Thanks > > > > Anne > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Manuel Arostegui Ramirez > > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 2:26 AM > > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > > Subject: Re: exclude user from password policy? > > > > El Sábado, 26 de Mayo de 2007 04:37, Anne escribió: > >> Hi all > >> > >> Would someone be able to school me on how to exclude ROOT from my > >> password policies? It's constantly getting disabled by the > policy and > >> of course I'm constantly having to hack it to get back in. > >> > >> Thank you for your help. > >> > >> Anne > > > > Errrrr....what? > > What do you mean with your password policies? You mean that sort of > > things like password expiration, password minimum lenght > and all that stuff? > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
