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pam_faillock: Add more documentation about unlock_time=never option.

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Tomas Mraz 2016-04-28 17:10:18 +02:00
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@ -1290,9 +1290,9 @@ diff -up Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.c.faillock Linux-PAM-
+#endif /* #ifdef PAM_STATIC */
+
diff -up Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml.faillock Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
--- Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml.faillock 2015-06-25 10:42:21.483374875 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml 2015-10-16 14:04:45.810864576 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,396 @@
--- Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml.faillock 2016-04-04 16:37:38.696260359 +0200
+++ Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml 2016-04-28 17:09:04.679596165 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
@ -1500,6 +1500,18 @@ diff -up Linux-PAM-1.2.1/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml.faillock Linux-
+ entries by the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>faillock</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> command.
+ The default is 600 (10 minutes).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that the default directory that <emphasis>pam_faillock</emphasis>
+ uses is usually cleared on system boot so the access will be also reenabled
+ after system reboot. If that is undesirable a different tally directory
+ must be set with the <option>dir</option> option.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Also note that it is usually undesirable to permanently lock
+ out the users as they can become easily a target of denial of service
+ attack unless the usernames are random and kept secret to potential
+ attackers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>