Hi, Thanks for your reply. I find using pam modules a bit confusing at the moment. Does anyone know of a good example on how to use pam_tally in this way? Thanks. Johan -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Tangren Sent: 23 July 2007 16:09 To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: ftp/sftp user account lockout threshold Johan Booysen wrote: > Dear all, > > Does anyone know if it's possible to set up a vsftpd and/or sftp > server so that (for example) after 3 unsuccessful logon attempts, a > user's account is locked out or disabled? > > I've done a bit of quick googling on this issue, but have come up > empty so far. > > Thanks very much. > > Johan > pam can use pam_tally to do this. -- 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
