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Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8 b/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8 index cec02ea2..b4854ff5 100644 --- a/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8 +++ b/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8 @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ '\" t .\" Title: pam_faillock .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 09/03/2021 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 05/07/2023 .\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual -.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: [FIXME: source] .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "PAM_FAILLOCK" "8" "09/03/2021" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" +.TH "PAM_FAILLOCK" "8" "05/07/2023" "[FIXME: source]" "Linux\-PAM Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ cause the root account to become blocked, to prevent denial\-of\-service: if you or at the machine console (not telnet/rsh, etc), this is safe\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP -\fB{preauth|authfail|authsucc}\fR +{preauth|authfail|authsucc} .RS 4 This argument must be set accordingly to the position of this module instance in the PAM stack\&. .sp @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ as an account module\&. In such configuration the module must be also called in stage\&. .RE .PP -\fBconf=/path/to/config\-file\fR +conf=/path/to/config\-file .RS 4 Use another configuration file instead of the default /etc/security/faillock\&.conf\&. @@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ session required pam_selinux\&.so open /var/run/faillock/* .RS 4 the files logging the authentication failures for users +.sp +Note: These files will disappear after reboot on systems configured with directory +/var/run/faillock +mounted on virtual memory\&. For persistent storage use the option +\fIdir=\fR +in file +/etc/security/faillock\&.conf\&. .RE .PP /etc/security/faillock\&.conf |