Hello!

I would like to somehow configure things so that when a user fails to provide the correct password after 5 attempts, that user account is locked for 45 minutes.

In the /etc/pam.d/passwd file I have this line:

account required /lib/security/pam_tally.so deny=5 no_magic_root reset

The /etc/pam.d/passwd file is configured to lock that person out of his/her account if he/she fails to provide the correct password after 5 times.

Is there currently a way to unlock the account after a configurable number of minutes? What would the correct entry look like to enable this?

-- Tony

is there an /etc/login.defs ??
this can be configured also............

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