how to configure account lockout duration?

[Jason Gerfen]

Well I haven't heard of a module that does that, however you could 
modify that module to get what you need.  Sorry I am not much help.  I 
am trying to modify a couple of modules now to allow logins without the 
need for a local account.

Christopher Hammond wrote:

>thanks!, but actually I am needing something that denies login for XX
>minutes after YY number of logins.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jason Gerfen [mailto:jason.gerfen at scl.utah.edu]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:50 AM
>To: Pluggable Authentication Modules
>Subject: Re: how to configure account lockout duration?
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>Sorry, I did some googling and found pam_time not pam_timeout.  Here is 
>the link, from what I can make of it by looking at the source it seems 
>to read a configuration file, reads in the variables, checks the time 
>var vs. the current time and logs the person out.  I think its what you 
>are looking for.
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>http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_time/
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>Christopher Hammond wrote:
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>>hey, thanks for the info!
>>I searched pam_timeout in the archive for pam-list and yielded no
>>results...do you have a URL?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jason Gerfen [mailto:jason.gerfen at scl.utah.edu]
>>Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 2:43 PM
>>To: Pluggable Authentication Modules
>>Subject: Re: how to configure account lockout duration?
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>>Christopher Hammond wrote:
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>>>I am needing to be able to configure the amount of time that an account is
>>>locked after a certain number of failed attempts.
>>>
>>>I have been unable to find any relevant information.
>>>
>>>any advice is GREATLY appreciated.
>>>
>>>C. L. Hammond
>>>Engineer
>>>NAVSYS Corporation
>>>(719)481-4877 x 169
>>>chrish at navsys.com
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>>I have never used this module but the pam_timeout is what alot of people 
>>are using.  There are about 4 or 5 threads just before yours detailing 
>>some useages and problems others have encountered.
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>>HTH
>>Jas
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