I am having a problem with some users who get locked out after more than 3
failed attempts at login. This is exactly what I want to see - they will
eventually remember those stronger passwords (maybe?) - but how do I
re-enable their access? I haven’t tried this on a live box but I can
easily recreate the situation via vnc to the server in question and I
assume the result would be the same. I like the policy that leads to this
but I do need to let them back in - eventually.
Where is the blacklist kept and how do I edit/reset it?
i would log in as root and go to the user menu. After that you should be able to reset the password and make them active again. Are you using KDE or GNOME?
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> i would log in as root and go to the user menu. After that you should be
> able to reset the password and make them active again. Are you using KDE
> or GNOME?
Using KDE 3 on 11.1. I was just trying that and found a few more specifics.
First, the locked out user can logon as an vnc client if the lockout was
from local attempts and vice versa - a user can logon locally even if he is
locked out via vnc. This tells me there are two process at work here (or a
royal screwup in the login manager).
Second, your method works for a local user locked out locally but this does
not clear things a the vnc client.
Third, changing the vnc server display immediately frees the vnc lock for
the user on the second display but the lockout persists for the original
display, surviving restarts. IOW, once a vnc user is locked out of a server
on a given display and I have found no way to undo that lock. That
portends a problem, given the habits of some of the users: they will
eventually run out of displays to screw up
So now, this looks to be primarily a vnc issue as the local issue appears to
be straight forward. Other users are still able to access the locked vnc
server.
