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RETRIES=5 merely says how many login tries are permitted before the connection is severed. It also only applies to the UNIX login mechanism, not to, say, SSH-based logins.<br />
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SYSLOG_FAILED_LOGINS=5 also only applies to the UNIX login mechanism, and merely specifies how many failed logins must happen during a connection before an entry is made in the system log (as specified in /etc/syslog.conf)<br />
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Are you logging in thru SSH?
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RETRIES=5 merely says how many login tries are permitted before the connection is severed. It also only applies to the UNIX login mechanism, not to, say, SSH-based logins.

SYSLOG_FAILED_LOGINS=5 also only applies to the UNIX login mechanism, and merely specifies how many failed logins must happen during a connection before an entry is made in the system log (as specified in /etc/syslog.conf)

Are you logging in thru SSH?

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One thing to keep in mind is that Solaris 10 has much better account/password security options over previous Solaris releases.
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One thing to keep in mind is that Solaris 10 has much better account/password security options over previous Solaris releases.

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Hi,<br />
<br />
I am trying to setup account locking in Solaris 9.<br />
I have made the changes in /etc/default/login where<br />
among other things I have<br />
RETRIES=5 and<br />
SYSLOG_FAILED_LOGINS=5<br />
and in /etc/user_attr I am added:<br />
test_user::::lock_after_re<wbr />tries=yes<br />
<br />
Still I am not able to lock test_user after successive<br />
unsuccessful logins.<br />
Where could be the problem?<br />
<br />
Any help is appreciated.<br />
rte<br />

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Hi,

I am trying to setup account locking in Solaris 9.
I have made the changes in /etc/default/login where
among other things I have
RETRIES=5 and
SYSLOG_FAILED_LOGINS=5
and in /etc/user_attr I am added:
test_user::::lock_after_retries=yes

Still I am not able to lock test_user after successive
unsuccessful logins.
Where could be the problem?

Any help is appreciated.
rte


Solaris Account Locking

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.