SUMMARY: Failed login timer?
2007-12-24 20:41:00
I originally posted:
Managers,
Being relatively new to Solaris, I have noticed that if I telnet to a
machine and issue an incorrect login or password, there is a
certain wait that occurs before a login prompt occurs again. This does not
occur in AIX or RH Linux. Is there a way to control this?
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The consensus was that this was intentionally done to prevent brute
password attacks, although this option can be changed by editing the
SLEEPTIME variable in /etc/default/login. The variable can range from 0 to
5 seconds.
Thank you to the following people for replying:
Konstantin Rozinov
Dan Lowe
simon.conve
David Stern
Christopher L. Barnard
bergman
Kevin Buterbaugh
Tony Brown
Unix Administrator
aerospan.com
tbrown at aerospan.com
630-451-0563
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