Configure Account Lockout Policy CentOS
Configure Account Lockout Policy CentOS
every once in a while you have a special circumstance where you would need an account lockout policy (such as a secure system or ftp, that sort of thing)
let’s get started, login as root
let’s make a backup of the configuration
edit the config
add the following line to the config:
now edit file 2
add the following line:
add a user account to test with
now try with the wrong password a few times
as you can see login failures have been logged and the account is locked out
to unlock, run the following command:
from here you should be able to log back in again
that’s it!
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