What is pam_faillock and how to use it in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 & 9?
Issue
- What is pam_faillock?
- How do I implement account lockout policy using pam_faillock.so?
- How do I reset/view failed login attempts by a user for pam_faillock?
- How can I exclude users from getting locked out by pam_faillock after multiple unsuccessful login attempts?
- What can I use instead of pam_tally2 since it is unavailable in RHEL 8?
- How to persist account lockouts after system reboot?
- STIG security findings V-258095, V-258096, V-244533, V-244534
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- PAM
- pam_faillock.so
- authselect
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