Set account to NOT autounlock following login attempt failures


 
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Old 02-28-2013
Set account to NOT autounlock following login attempt failures

Well, my title pretty much says it. How do I "Set account to NOT autounlock following login attempt failures"? I've configured /etc/default/passwd to my organization's security policy but I have yet to work out how to set the account to stay locked after the user fails to authenticate a few times. What am I missing?
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Old 03-01-2013
I have not yet met a "lock after failed logins" in Solaris pam_unix.
Do you have an additional pam like pam_tally? (in /etc/pam.conf)

---------- Post updated at 08:08 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:03 AM ----------

Just saw the following:
Solaris 10 /etc/default/login refers to
Code:
man user_attr

that refers to /etc/security/policy.conf
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Old 03-01-2013
man user_attr

See the section on "lock_after_retries".
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