More than three login attempts on trusted system

[Ron Levy]

I notice that on my non-trusted system after any three failed login attempts via telnet, login hangs up the connection just like it's supposed to. But on my trusted system, it does not. (It will deactivate a user after three consecutive fails, and it delays the login retry, but it doesn't hang up.)

Is there any way I can set my trusted system to hang up properly?

Here's what it looks like:login: dfdfd
Password:
Login incorrect

Wait for login retry: ..
login: ssdsf
Password:
Login incorrect

Wait for login retry: ..
login: sdfsdfs
Password:
Login incorrect

Wait for login retry: ..
login: sdfsdf
Password:
Login incorrect

Wait for login retry: ..
login:

[Brant Evans · Accepted solution]

The system setting "Unsuccessful Login Tries Allowed:" may be set incorrectly. This setting can be found in SAM under "Auditing and Security" > "System Security Policies" > "Terminal Security Policies"

The setting of this parameter determines how many login attempts a person is allowed.

[harry d brown jr]

Ron,

I'd like to suggest you use the custom patch manager to determine if you have any missing/needed patches.

live free or die
harry

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Ron,

This is the number of unsuccessful attempts. You can use the command.

/usr/lbin/modprdef -m tmaxlntr=5

to set it to 5. The system will spawn only 5 login prompts before it hangs up.

-Sri