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.\"     Title: pam_tally
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\"      Date: 04/01/2016
.\"    Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
.\"    Source: Linux-PAM Manual
.\"  Language: English
.\"
.TH "PAM_TALLY" "8" "04/01/2016" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
pam_tally \- The login counter (tallying) module
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBpam_tally\&.so\fR\ 'u
\fBpam_tally\&.so\fR [file=\fI/path/to/counter\fR] [onerr=[\fIfail\fR|\fIsucceed\fR]] [magic_root] [even_deny_root_account] [deny=\fIn\fR] [lock_time=\fIn\fR] [unlock_time=\fIn\fR] [per_user] [no_lock_time] [no_reset] [audit] [silent] [no_log_info]
.HP \w'\fBpam_tally\fR\ 'u
\fBpam_tally\fR [\-\-file\ \fI/path/to/counter\fR] [\-\-user\ \fIusername\fR] [\-\-reset[=\fIn\fR]] [\-\-quiet]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This module maintains a count of attempted accesses, can reset count on success, can deny access if too many attempts fail\&.
.PP
pam_tally has several limitations, which are solved with pam_tally2\&. For this reason pam_tally is deprecated and will be removed in a future release\&.
.PP
pam_tally comes in two parts:
\fBpam_tally\&.so\fR
and
\fBpam_tally\fR\&. The former is the PAM module and the latter, a stand\-alone program\&.
\fBpam_tally\fR
is an (optional) application which can be used to interrogate and manipulate the counter file\&. It can display user counts, set individual counts, or clear all counts\&. Setting artificially high counts may be useful for blocking users without changing their passwords\&. For example, one might find it useful to clear all counts every midnight from a cron job\&. The
\fBfaillog\fR(8)
command can be used instead of pam_tally to to maintain the counter file\&.
.PP
Normally, failed attempts to access
\fIroot\fR
will
\fBnot\fR
cause the root account to become blocked, to prevent denial\-of\-service: if your users aren\*(Aqt given shell accounts and root may only login via
\fBsu\fR
or at the machine console (not telnet/rsh, etc), this is safe\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
GLOBAL OPTIONS
.RS 4
This can be used for
\fIauth\fR
and
\fIaccount\fR
module types\&.
.PP
\fBonerr=[\fR\fB\fIfail\fR\fR\fB|\fR\fB\fIsucceed\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.RS 4
If something weird happens (like unable to open the file), return with
\fBPAM_SUCCESS\fR
if
\fBonerr=\fR\fB\fIsucceed\fR\fR
is given, else with the corresponding PAM error code\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBfile=\fR\fB\fI/path/to/counter\fR\fR
.RS 4
File where to keep counts\&. Default is
/var/log/faillog\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBaudit\fR
.RS 4
Will log the user name into the system log if the user is not found\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBsilent\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt print informative messages\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBno_log_info\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt log informative messages via
\fBsyslog\fR(3)\&.
.RE
.RE
.PP
AUTH OPTIONS
.RS 4
Authentication phase first checks if user should be denied access and if not it increments attempted login counter\&. Then on call to
\fBpam_setcred\fR(3)
it resets the attempts counter\&.
.PP
\fBdeny=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR
.RS 4
Deny access if tally for this user exceeds
\fIn\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBlock_time=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR
.RS 4
Always deny for
\fIn\fR
seconds after failed attempt\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBunlock_time=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR
.RS 4
Allow access after
\fIn\fR
seconds after failed attempt\&. If this option is used the user will be locked out for the specified amount of time after he exceeded his maximum allowed attempts\&. Otherwise the account is locked until the lock is removed by a manual intervention of the system administrator\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBmagic_root\fR
.RS 4
If the module is invoked by a user with uid=0 the counter is not incremented\&. The sysadmin should use this for user launched services, like
\fBsu\fR, otherwise this argument should be omitted\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBno_lock_time\fR
.RS 4
Do not use the \&.fail_locktime field in
/var/log/faillog
for this user\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBno_reset\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBeven_deny_root_account\fR
.RS 4
Root account can become unavailable\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBper_user\fR
.RS 4
If
/var/log/faillog
contains a non\-zero \&.fail_max/\&.fail_locktime field for this user then use it instead of
\fBdeny=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR/
\fBlock_time=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR
parameter\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBno_lock_time\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt use \&.fail_locktime filed in
/var/log/faillog
for this user\&.
.RE
.RE
.PP
ACCOUNT OPTIONS
.RS 4
Account phase resets attempts counter if the user is
\fBnot\fR
magic root\&. This phase can be used optionally for services which don\*(Aqt call
\fBpam_setcred\fR(3)
correctly or if the reset should be done regardless of the failure of the account phase of other modules\&.
.PP
\fBmagic_root\fR
.RS 4
If the module is invoked by a user with uid=0 the counter is not incremented\&. The sysadmin should use this for user launched services, like
\fBsu\fR, otherwise this argument should be omitted\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBno_reset\fR
.RS 4
Don\*(Aqt reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&.
.RE
.RE
.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
.PP
The
\fBauth\fR
and
\fBaccount\fR
module types are provided\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.PP
PAM_AUTH_ERR
.RS 4
A invalid option was given, the module was not able to retrieve the user name, no valid counter file was found, or too many failed logins\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_SUCCESS
.RS 4
Everything was successful\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
.RS 4
User not known\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Add the following line to
/etc/pam\&.d/login
to lock the account after too many failed logins\&. The number of allowed fails is specified by
/var/log/faillog
and needs to be set with pam_tally or
\fBfaillog\fR(8)
before\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
auth     required       pam_securetty\&.so
auth     required       pam_tally\&.so per_user
auth     required       pam_env\&.so
auth     required       pam_unix\&.so
auth     required       pam_nologin\&.so
account  required       pam_unix\&.so
password required       pam_unix\&.so
session  required       pam_limits\&.so
session  required       pam_unix\&.so
session  required       pam_lastlog\&.so nowtmp
session  optional       pam_mail\&.so standard
    
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "FILES"
.PP
/var/log/faillog
.RS 4
failure logging file
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBfaillog\fR(8),
\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
\fBpam.d\fR(5),
\fBpam\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
pam_tally was written by Tim Baverstock and Tomas Mraz\&.