How to exclude service accounts from getting locked up using pam_tally module?

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Issue

  • How to exclude service accounts from getting locked up while using 'pam_tally.so' to lock the accounts after a set number of failed logins?
  • How to prevent service accounts to be locked using pam_tally module?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5

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