question about pam_tally and the faillog

[Scott Ruckh]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tangren" <bjt at usno.navy.mil>
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: question about pam_tally and the faillog


>
>> I am running a number of RHEL ES 4.5 systems, fully updated.
>>
>> The problem I am having is baffling me. I am using pam_tally so that 
>> three
>> consecutive unsuccessful logins will lock out the user, until an hourly
>> cron script unlocks the account. It has worked fine for a number of 
>> years.
>
>
> Anyone?
>
> I've noticed the same problem with other accounts. suing to root tallies a
> failed login, even though the su was successful.
>
>
Are you talking about remote SSH logins?

Are you using the UsePAM directive in your sshd_config file?