unix account lock out ??

[Ritesh Agrawal]

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M E Fieu wrote:
| 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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I have little idea about it
I think ,you can do it through PAM..
http://www.linuxgeek.net/index.pl/authentication
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