How to lock the user id in solaris?

Answer Posted / swamynaidu kollu

Before we look at how to lock the user id, let's first take
a look at how you configure the number of consecutive,
failed authentication attempts that will serve as your line
in the sand. Any number of consecutive, failed attempts
beyond the number selected will result in the account being
locked. This number is based on the RETRIES parameter in the
/etc/default/login file. By default, this parameter is set
to 5. You can certainly customize this parameter based on
your local needs and policy. By default, the Solaris
Security Toolkit will set the RETRIES parameter to 3.

Now that we know how to define how many consecutive,
unsuccessful authentication attempts we will allow, let's
take a look at how you can enable the account lockout policy
globally. This policy can be altered using the
LOCK_AFTER_RETRIES variable in the /etc/security/policy.conf
file. Just as it sounds, if you set this parameter to YES,
then the account lockout policy is enabled for all users on
the system (unless there is a user override which we will
talk about in a minute). By default, this parameter is set
to NO which means that account lockout is not enabled.

To lock a user in Solaris:
#passwd -l {username}

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 1 No



Post New Answer       View All Answers


Please Help Members By Posting Answers For Below Questions

What does pkgadd command do?

647


Where do you get Alarm prompt?

2261


How to configure email notification in solaris 8? We are using netbackup 5

2881


There are two nic cards on a sun server. I need to connect one nic to pupic ip and another nic to DMZ. Could you tell me how to configure step by step?

1970


please post step by step installation of packages from the EIS cd..

1761






How to make SUN server as router in subnetwork?

2153


Hi We have upgraded our sun machine from solaris 9 to solaris 10. Before upgradation the date command output(Solaris 9) Wed Oct 13 09:45:21 IST 2010 But after upgradation the output for date is as below(solaris 10). Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:46:14 AM IST Looks like I need to change LC_TIME=C. can you please help me how to change it for permanently

1789


If the root disk is failed how can change it?

1956


What are the differences between the command line and graphical user interface?

609


what are the alarms in solaris?

2698


Which command is used to backup and restore solaris file system?

558


what is the difference between solaris8 and solaris9 and solaris10

4851


After first installation of Solaris 10, what and all the Securities We need to set and how ?

1808


How can u find a file which is logged in last week?

2172


How to create core dump and crash dump #coreadm .

2413