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OCI/Linux – faillock Command Does Not Display Anything
Applies To:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Linux OS
Symptoms:
faillock(8) command does not display any output for individual users.
[root@XXXX ~]# faillock
[root@XXXX ~]#
Cause:
faillock(8) does not display anything against individual users because pam_faillock(8) is not in effect to tally user login failures. Without pam_faillock.so in PAM authentication stacks, there is nothing to tally a user's failed login attempts into /var/run/faillock/<user_name>. No tally files obviously means faillock(8) has nothing to display.
Not using pam_faillock(8) in PAM authentication stacks is NOT an issue per se. It really depends on the environment's intended use. If there is a requirement to tally user login failures, then employ
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