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OCI/Linux – faillock Command Does Not Display Anything

edited May 22, 2024 9:41AM in Linux

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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