On 2007-10-10, Douglas Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My current /etc/pam.d/login file follows.  It will lock out all users,
> including root, after three failed
> attempts.

[snip>

> What might he be doing wrong?  What can we do to address this issue?

Try the "magic_root" option:

    magic_root

        If the module is invoked by a user with uid=0 the counter is not
        incremented. The sys-admin should use this for user launched services,
        like su, otherwise this argument should be omitted.



 -jf

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