While login into some linux host with wrong password, the OS account get temporarily locked per pam_tally2 configuration.
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Linux Account temporary locked after wrong password: ssh error “Permission denied, please try again.”
Linux Account temporary locked after wrong password: ssh error “Permission denied, please try again.”
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While gained access into the host, execute below pam_tally2 command to reset the temporarily lock:
# pam_tally2 -u oracle -r Login Failures Latest failure From oracle 1 02/25/21 12:23:56 xxx.netModify the sshd file for changing the lock_time (seconds) if neccessary.
# cat /etc/pam.d/sshd #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_sepermit.so auth substack password-auth auth include postlogin auth required pam_tally2.so deny=5 onerr=fail lock_time=600 serialize ...