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Re: lock user account after 3 bad logins?



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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Eliezer Figueroa wrote:

> how do I can specify how many times a user can write a bad password 
> before the system disonect that account. And of course after the account 
> is lock, how do I unlock it.

I'm not certain, but I bet shadow passwords would work for you.  In
addition to keeping your system secure by allowing the password to not be
world-readable, it allows you to specify many additional properties such
as passwords that expire after a certain amount of time, requiring the
user to change their password.  I'd bet that it provides the functionality
you want, too.  I'm not sure where you need to look in order to find the
docs, but hopefully I've at least pointed you in a direction to begin
looking.

Noah

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