AUTH_MAXTRIES Hpux

AUTH_MAXTRIES Hpux


AUTH_MAXTRIES  This attribute controls whether an account is
                          locked after too many consecutive authentication
                          failures.  It does not apply to trusted systems.
                          This attribute is supported for users in all name
                          server switch repositories, such as local, NIS and
                          LDAP.  This attribute is enforced in the pam_hpsec
                          service module, and requires that the pam_hpsec
                          module be configured in /etc/pam.conf.  See
                          pam_hpsec(5).  Other PAM service modules in your
                          configuration may enforce additional restrictions.
                          The system-wide default defined here may be
                          overridden by defining a per-user value in
                          /var/adm/userdb (described in userdb(4)).

                          When an account has been locked due to too many
                          authentication failures, root can unlock the
                          account by this command:

                          userdbset -d -u username auth_failures

                          AUTH_MAXTRIES=0   Any number of authentication
                          retries is allowed.


                          AUTH_MAXTRIES=N   An account is locked after N+1
                          consecutive authentication failures.  N can be any
                          positive integer.

                          Default value: AUTH_MAXTRIES=0