Re: Account Lockout in Solaris 8

From: Steve Barnet (barnet_at_chem.wisc.edu)
Date: 10/14/03

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    To: Kevin L Prigge <klp@tc.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:56:22 -0500

    According to the login(1) man page from a Solaris 8 machine,
    the following variables can be set in /etc/default/login:

               RETRIES
                     Sets the number of retries for logging in (see
                     pam(3PAM)). The default is 5.

               SYSLOG_FAILED_LOGINS
                     Used to determine how many failed login attempts
                     will be allowed by the system before a failed
                     login message is logged, using the syslog(3C)
                     LOG_NOTICE facility. For example, if the vari-
                     able is set to 0, login will log all failed
                     login attempts.

    I don't have a Solaris machine immediately at hand, but I think
    that would be a good place to start.

    Best,

    ---Steve

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