RHEL7 login program can use LOGIN_RETRIES in /etc/login.defs
Issue
- How do I change maximum number of login retries in case of bad password? login is used by telnet-server(in.telnetd).
- RHEL7 login program can use LOGIN_RETRIES in /etc/login.defs
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, util-linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, util-linux-ng
- telnet-server
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