Implementation of pam_tally2.so on SLES11SP2 counts successful logins as failures
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2
Situation
auth required pam_env.so
auth required pam_unix2.so
auth required pam_tally2.so onerr=fail deny=6
Each successful login, the failed login count is incremented. After the number of successful logins matches the maximum failed login count the account is locked and the account has to be manually reset.
Resolution
account required pam_tally2.so
Cause
Additional Information
NOTE: According to the man page for pam_tally, "pam_tally has several limitations, which are solved with pam_tally2. For this reason pam_tally is deprecated and will be removed in a future release."
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- Document ID:7011883
- Creation Date: 05-Mar-2013
- Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
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