PAM Problem with pam_tally

[Scott Ruckh]

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 19:48 -0400, Paul Whitney wrote:
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> I have a problem with the tally option. I have set the max retry's to 3.
> When I type in the wrong password three times, I manage to lock out the
> account. I thought I set the lockout time to 900 seconds (15 min) and set
> the retry. 
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> Apparently the account is completely locked out and I cannot figure out how
> to unlock it.
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> Paul

Have you tried 'pam_tally --reset'?  This assumes you installed the PAM
tally utilities.  You can also reset the PAM tally for an individual
user.  I believe the syntax is 'pam_tally --reset -u username'.  I think
running pam_tally without any parameters will list the different
options.

I am not sure if the helps your situation or not.  If you believe all
the other account settings look like the account should be enabled then
resetting the tally should be a good place to start.