account never lock even after multiple wrong password entry

[amipankaj]

Hello Experts,

Can we set an account in HPUX11.23 to vener lock even after multiple incorrect login? if yes, please let me know how.

i have set it to custom to 99 times incorrect login.


Thanks and Regards,
Pankaj

[Doug O'Leary]

Hey;

Globally: you can set AUTH_MAXTRIES in /etc/default/security

and for individual users, you can set AUTH_MAXTRIES via userdbset

userdbset -u ${user} AUTH_MAXTRIES=3

man security
man userdb

for details

HTH;

Doug

[amipankaj]

Thanks Doug, i already had set it to 99, but i want to make it infinite. is that possible? if yes, how?

[DeafFrog]

Hi Pankaj ,

Sam ( now SMH in v3) --- user management -- (follow the tabs)

considering the system is trusted.

Regards,

[Doug O'Leary]

Hey;

Well, for starters, IMO, that's a really bad idea. If someone's attempting logins to the box that many times, you *really* want to know about it..

To remove the automatic lock after bad password attempts, simply set AUTH_MAXTRIES=0 (which is the default)

Doug

[amipankaj]

Thanks guys...tested...=0 worked.