unix account lock out ??

[M E Fieu <sibu168 yahoo com>]

Hi..my friend told me that if we try wrong password
for a unix/linux account for 3 times, the account will
be locked.  Is there such a thing? If yes, may I know
where to configure it? Why mine doesn't work that way?
 

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