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diff --git a/man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml b/man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba0b05a --- /dev/null +++ b/man/login.defs.d/LOGIN_RETRIES.xml @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +<!-- + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1991 - 1993, Julianne Frances Haugh + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1991 - 1993, Chip Rosenthal + SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 - 2008, Nicolas François + SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause +--> +<varlistentry> + <term><option>LOGIN_RETRIES</option> (number)</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Maximum number of login retries in case of bad password. + </para> + <para condition="pam"> + This will most likely be overridden by PAM, since the default + pam_unix module has its own built in of 3 retries. However, this is + a safe fallback in case you are using an authentication module that + does not enforce PAM_MAXTRIES. + </para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> |