On 10/23/12 8:59 AM, David Smith wrote:
Signed-off-by: David Smith <dsmith@eclipse.ncsc.mil>
---
 RHEL6/input/system/accounts/pam.xml |   13 ++++++-------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/pam.xml b/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/pam.xml
index 21bb8d1..64b6045 100644
--- a/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/pam.xml
+++ b/RHEL6/input/system/accounts/pam.xml
@@ -365,18 +365,17 @@ and a second to use unlock_time and set it to a Value
 <title>Set Deny For Failed Password Attempts</title>
 <description>
 To configure the system to lock out accounts after a number of incorrect login
-attempts using <tt>pam_tally2.so</tt>:
+attempts using <tt>pam_faillock.so</tt>:
 <br /><br />
-Add the following line immediately below the <tt>pam_env.so</tt> statement in <tt>/etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac</tt> and <tt>/etc/pam.d/password-auth</tt>:
-<pre>auth required pam_tally2.so deny=3 onerr=fail unlock_time=900</pre>
+Add the following lines immediately below the <tt>pam_env.so</tt> statement in <tt>/etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac</tt>:
+<pre>auth [default=die] pam_faillock.so authfail deny=3 unlock_time=900</pre>
+<pre>auth required pam_faillock.so authsucc deny=3 unlock_time=900</pre>

I see Jeff already ack'd this, but per vendor documentation at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/solutions/62949 this should be changed to read:


Change /etc/pam.d/system-auth & /etc/pam.d/password-auth to read as follows:
  auth        required      pam_env.so
  auth        required      pam_faillock.so preauth silent audit deny=3 even_deny_root unlock_time=900 root_unlock_time=900
  auth        sufficient    pam_unix.so nullok try_first_pass
  auth        [default=die] pam_faillock.so authfail audit deny=3
  auth        sufficient pam_faillock.so authsucc audit deny=3
  auth        requisite     pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 500 quiet
  auth        required      pam_deny.so

  account     required      pam_faillock.so
  account     required      pam_unix.so
  account     sufficient    pam_localuser.so
  account     sufficient    pam_succeed_if.so uid < 500 quiet
  account     required      pam_permit.so

  password    requisite     pam_cracklib.so try_first_pass retry=3 type=
  password    sufficient    pam_unix.so sha512 shadow nullok try_first_pass use_authtok
  password    required      pam_deny.so

  session     optional      pam_keyinit.so revoke
  session     required      pam_limits.so
  session     optional      pam_oddjob_mkhomedir.so debug
  session     [success=1 default=ignore] pam_succeed_if.so service in crond quiet use_uid
  session     required      pam_unix.so