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diff --git a/modules/pam_faillock/README b/modules/pam_faillock/README index c88705ad..3b63c6bb 100644 --- a/modules/pam_faillock/README +++ b/modules/pam_faillock/README @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ screensaver. Note that using the module in preauth without the silent option specified in / etc/security/faillock.conf or with requisite control field leaks an information -about existence or non-existence of an user account in the system because the +about existence or non-existence of a user account in the system because the failures are not recorded for the unknown users. The message about the user account being locked is never displayed for non-existing user accounts allowing the adversary to infer that a particular account is not existing on a system. |