1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am using AIx 4.3.3 and was wondering what the command was to keep users from logging in. I want to be able to do maintenance and keep the users out. Can anyone help? (7 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am extremely new to UNIX and was recently promoted to administer the system for a small company. Anyhow, the time came for passwords to change, and I made the huge mistake of entering in the command (as root) passwd -l After logging out (oblivious to what would happen next), the root... (4 Replies)

3. AIX

Hi, We are using 4.3.3.0 and I would like to make a global change to the "number of failed logins before user account is locked" Any ideas, other than using SMIT one user at a time.... ??? Thanks... Craig. (2 Replies)

4. AIX

I want to know if there is any easy way of stopping 1 user from using su? perferabily any su but I can make do with not allow him to su to root but allow other user to su to root. (3 Replies)

5. Red Hat

Hi all; I m using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) and I'm trying to setup password lockout policy so that a user account locks out after 3 failed attempts. Here are the entires of my /etc/pam.d/system-auth #%PAM-1.0 # This file is auto-generated. # User changes... (1 Reply)

6. UNIX and Linux Applications

What is the best way to implement account lockout in openldap? I have an openldap server with Ubuntu desktop client connecting to it for authentication. I want he accounts to locked out after say 5 failed authentication attempts I have enabled ppolicy layout in slapd.conf. overlay ppolicy... (0 Replies)

7. Red Hat

having account lockout issues with an RHEL 5 server. My users are getting locked out for 10 minutes after one failed login attempt even though /etc/pam.d/sshd is configured for 5 failed attempts: auth include system-auth auth required pam_tally2.so deny=5 onerr=fail... (1 Reply)

8. Solaris

Greetings, I work with a Solaris Sun Server V240 system (GCCS) and have run into a problem where I can't seem to unlock my SECMAN account at the NON-GLOBAL level. I have access to all global accounts to include sysadmin and secman. I have access to the non-global sysadmin account and root... (4 Replies)

9. Red Hat

Good day. I have setup hardening the password (test system so far) prior to doing any work on production. Here is what I have set. Snippet from /etc/pam.d/system-auth auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so... (3 Replies)