C2: Unlocking locked accounts after a while

From: Claudio Strizzolo <Claudio.Strizzolo_at_ts.infn.it>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:08:03 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi all,
        I have a DU 4.0f system running enhanced security (C2). When an
user mistypes his/her password for five times, the account gets locked,
and I have to unlock it manually. When you have a number of student users
who often forget their own password, this becomes a boring task.

What I'd like to do is: when an user mistypes his/her password for
five times, the account gets locked, but it gets automatically unlocked
after some time (let's say: 15 minutes, or more, if that helps).

I played a little with the u_numunsuclog, u_unsuclog, u_unlock and similar
parameters, but the solution I got was not satisfactory: in fact, I got
the above result, but after just ONE wrong attempt; this stucks the user
for 15 minutes every time he/she mistypes his/her password, not after
five retries.

Any hints?

Thanks in advance

        Claudio
Received on Wed Jul 12 2000 - 08:10:21 NZST

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