PAM_TALLY(8) PAM PAM_TALLY(8) (NAME) pam_tally - PAM (SYNOPSIS) pam_tally.so [file=/path/to/counter] [onerr=[fail|succeed]] [magic_root] [even_deny_root_account] [deny=n] [lock_time=n] [unlock_time=n] [per_user] [no_lock_time] [no_reset] [audit] [silent] [no_log_info] pam_tally [--file /path/to/counter] [--user username] [--reset[=n]] [--quiet] (DESCRIPTION) . pam_tally pam_tally2 . pam_tally . pam_tally : pam_tally.so pam_tally. PAM . pam_tally () . . . cron . faillog(8) pam_tally . root root (DoS) : (shell) root su ( telnet/rsh ) . (OPTIONS) (GLOBAL OPTIONS) auth account . onerr=[fail|succeed] ( ) onerr=succeed PAM_SUCCESS PAM . file=/path/to/counter . /var/log/faillog . audit . silent . no_log_info syslog(3) . AUTH (AUTH OPTIONS) . pam_setcred(3) . deny=n n . lock_time=n n . unlock_time=n n . . . magic_root uid=0 . su . no_lock_time .fail_locktime /var/log/faillog . no_reset . even_deny_root_account root . per_user /var/log/faillog .fail_max/.fail_locktime deny=n/ lock_time=n . no_lock_time .fail_locktime /var/log/faillog . ACCOUNT (ACCOUNT OPTIONS) root (magic root) . pam_setcred(3) account . magic_root uid=0 . su . no_reset . (MODULE TYPES PROVIDED) auth account . (RETURN VALUES) PAM_AUTH_ERR . PAM_SUCCESS . PAM_USER_UNKNOWN . (EXAMPLES) /etc/pam.d/login . /var/log/faillog pam_tally faillog(8) . auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_tally.so per_user auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_unix.so auth required pam_nologin.so account required pam_unix.so password required pam_unix.so session required pam_limits.so session required pam_unix.so session required pam_lastlog.so nowtmp session optional pam_mail.so standard (FILES) /var/log/faillog (SEE ALSO) faillog(8), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7) (AUTHOR) pam_tally Tim Baverstock Tomas Mraz . Linux-PAM 2017-05-18 PAM_TALLY(8)