-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 look into the pam_tally module, it will give you exactly that, a login counter with a "deny" option. example I found: account required /lib/security/pam_tally.so deny=5 no_magic_root reset
Katriel On Tuesday 04 February 2003 07:43, Skliarouk Arie wrote: > Hello all, > > There is an computer with services POP3 and ssh that allow unlimited > unsuccessful logins attempts to be done during the session. > > The question is: How to limit number of unsuccessful logins to one or two? > > I already filed bug again pam_modules in debian: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=179064 > > I do not know whether POP3 service authentificates users using PAM or not. > I am sure ssh uses PAM. > > The only thing I found so far is file > /etc/login.defs (search for LOGIN_RETRIES) that states 5 attempts, but > mention that PAM will override the default to three UNLESS SPECIFIED BY > USER. > > --- > Bye, | Fax: (972)-2-6796453 > Arieh | Phone: (972)-6795364 > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- +katriel ������+ pgp key: traum.org.il/gpg.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+P5bVDWy+Hv/461sRAiAKAKCkv6z1stJ8kIw6LZ+nVQaR/PyN2gCgrazX HXXTQGt+WypZAjNkTdHqxi0= =Z44b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
