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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
System Settings
Account and Access Control
Protect Accounts by Configuring PAM
Set Lockouts for Failed Password Attempts
Configure the Use of the pam_faillock.so Module in the /etc/pam.d/system-auth File.
Configure the Use of the pam_faillock.so Module in the /etc/pam.d/system-auth File.
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Configure the Use of the pam_faillock.so Module in the /etc/pam.d/system-auth File.
Medium Severity
The pam_faillock.so module must be loaded in preauth in /etc/pam.d/system-auth.