Remove "Last failed login" info after login

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Issue

  • Last failed login info is displayed upon logging in. How to prevent the below highlighted lines from being displayed?

    # su - bob
Last login: Thu Aug  5 13:01:53 AEST 2021 on pts/0
Last failed login: Thu Aug  5 13:02:14 AEST 2021 from 192.168.1.2 on ssh:notty     <<<<<=====
There were 3 failed login attempts since the last successful login.                <<<<<=====

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    • PAM

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