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Re: How to disable login after too many attempts

Bit Twister

2004-12-06, 5:51 pm

On 6 Dec 2004 06:30:09 -0800, googlemail2003@yahoo.com wrote:
> Nobody has to come in at 2 am. If a user's account is locked they call
> me or someone else with root privelidges and we reset their password.

So all the attacker does is disable an account with three attempts,
call you and you give him the passwd. Now that is secure.