Sir, thank you sir.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Haxby [mailto:jch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:06 AM
To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Increasing the number of sequential failed logins
Moussavi, Keyvan wrote:
> I changed the line:
>
> "password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so
> retry=3 type="
>
> to:
>
> "password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so
> retry=5 type="
>
> but I am still restricted to three logins.
>
That's because you should be changing a module on the "auth" lines.
The "password" modules are for when you are changing your password,
"auth" is for authentication during login, "account" is for deciding
whether you should be let in once your identity is known.
jch
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