pam_faillock does not unlock account
Issue
pam_faillock
is enabled to lock accounts after failed authentication attempts-
Custom directory is set in
/etc/security/faillock.conf
dir=/var/log/faillock
-
User account has been locked by
pam_faillock
, however, runningfaillock --user bob --reset
fails to unlock the account
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 or earlier
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 only
- pam
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