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bin_shell 02-20-2004 03:16 AM
How to set the password policy and lockout policy
 
I want to know the password policy and lockout policy,such as min length,complex requirement.lockout counter

unSpawn 02-23-2004 04:09 PM
AFAIK it's /etc/login.defs which is deprecated on PAM enabled systems (/etc/pam.d).

smartyshan 03-24-2010 09:54 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bin_shell (Post 770532)
I want to know the password policy and lockout policy,such as min length,complex requirement.lockout counter
you can use pam_passwdqc module in /etc/pam.d/system-auth file

for example :

password required pam_passwdqc.so min=disabled,12,8,6,5 max=40

jschiwal 03-24-2010 10:31 AM
For locking out users after a certain number of failures, look at pam_tally. Also look at man 8 faillog.

win32sux 03-24-2010 03:30 PM
smartyshan, please don't resurrect dead threads — help us keep LQSEC as zombie-free as possible.


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