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pam_faillock is not locking out user after unsuccessful login

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ravkav
ravkav Posts: 4
in Red Hat Enterprise

i am using rhel 8.8. i have been trying to get user account locked out after 3 unsuccessful login attempts.
authselect create-profile rav-passwd-policy -b sssd
authselect apply-changes
authselect select custom/rav-passwd-policy
authselect current
authselect enable-feature with-faillock

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  • ravkav
    ravkav Posts: 4
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    i have not touched :- because below files can be edited using AuthSelect..
    vim /etc/authselect/system-auth +
    vim /etc/authselect/password-auth

  • ravkav
    ravkav Posts: 4
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    i have not touched :- because below files can be edited using AuthSelect..
    vim /etc/authselect/system-auth +
    vim /etc/authselect/password-auth

  • ravkav
    ravkav Posts: 4
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    resolved issue myself. do not depend of syslog too much, some time syslog can give misleading msgs..

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