On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:13:11 -0500
Tony Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a client that would like his linux system to allow a user to
> try 3 times to login and if they keep making mistakes (or are trying
> to hack a password), disable that user until the root re-enables
> them.
>
> Has anyone see an option like this?
>
> I know how I could mod the login to do this, but normally it would
> not be desirable... This guy is paranoid and a paying
> customer...:)
>
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Although I haven't tried this, you can look at the file
/etc/security/limits.conf. The 'maxlogins' settings may be what you
want. There are 'usage' examples at:
http://www.willamette.edu/~speralta/tldp/xterm/advanced.html
Regards,
Tom
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