authconfig retry=3

[Richard Emberson]

The authconfig executable has the number of password attempts hardcoded 
within it:

 > strings /usr/sbin/authconfig | grep retry
retry=3

Running authconfig generates the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file (with 
retrys=3).
Question: how do I instruct, configure, or otherwise organize my system 
so that
the number of retries is, say, 2.
The system-auth file is regenerated everytime that authconfig is run, so 
that
hand editing system-auth while possible will be overridden next time
authconfig is run - with all edits lost.

Richard

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