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Old 08-09-2014
Question UNIX Account getting Locked Everyday between same Time Frame

I am facing an Issue with a particular Unix Account ( ie a particular Userid) getting LOCKED everyday between 7:30am and 8:00am. The Password associated with this particular Account has been setup such that it should never Expire at all but it does LOCK the Account after more than 3 failed attempts.This is an AIX 5.3 Server.

I am not a Unix Admin but just an Application User.I am NOT aware of any jobs running on this Server during this time or running on other Servers trying to Connect to this Particular Server under this Unix Account.

Everyday i test this Account by loggin in at 7:30am and then 8:00am .At 7:30am it works fine but by 8:00am it gets locked.So somewhere in between it gets Locked. This has been happening since more than a Week and everyday i have to request my Security team to unlock the Account after 8:00am.Not exactly sure when this issue started.

In this Scenario , given the timeframe 7:30am and 8:00am between which the LOCK occurs, how do i go about Figuring out why this Account on this server is getting Locked? Will the Unix Admin be in a position to determine what is happening during this timeframe causing this LOCK?
 

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AUTH_ENUMERATE(3)					      Double Precision, Inc.						 AUTH_ENUMERATE(3)

NAME
auth_enumerate - Obtain list of accounts SYNOPSIS
#include <courierauth.h> auth_enumerate(int (*callback_func) (const char *, uid_t, gid_t, const char *, const char *, const char *, void *), void *callback_arg); DESCRIPTION
auth_enumerate enumerates all of the available accounts. auth_enumerate repeatedly calls callback_func, once for each account. callback_func receives the following arguments: o Account name. o Account's numeric userid. o Account's numeric groupid. o Account's home directory. o Account's mailbox (if defined, may be NULL, which indicates the default mailbox location). o Account's options string (if defined, may be NULL) o callback_arg, verbatim. After invoking callback_func for the last account, auth_enumerate invokes callback_func one more time with all parameters set to NULL or 0. If auth_enumerate encounters an error it will terminate without calling callback_func with all NULL or 0 parameters. This can be used to determine whether a partial list of accounts was received. Note Some back-end Courier authentication modules do not implement account enumeration, so this function may not be available in all configurations. SEE ALSO
authlib(3)[1], auth_generic(3)[2], auth_login(3)[3], auth_getuserinfo(3)[4], auth_passwd(3)[5]. NOTES
1. authlib(3) authlib.html 2. auth_generic(3) auth_generic.html 3. auth_login(3) auth_login.html 4. auth_getuserinfo(3) auth_getuserinfo.html 5. auth_passwd(3) auth_passwd.html Double Precision, Inc. 08/23/2008 AUTH_ENUMERATE(3)
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