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#1 2020-08-31 11:30:52
- graysky
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account locked after non-existent failed password attempts
Several times within the past few weeks, I noticed that xscreensaver reported to me that my account had been locked for 5 min due to 3 failed password attempts. What is really odd about it is that I did not try and fail 3 times. The state of the machine was as-if I did.
In searching, I found that others are experiencing something similar. What would cause the false positive attempts?
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#2 2020-08-31 14:02:21
- seth
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Re: account locked after non-existent failed password attempts
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#3 2020-08-31 14:37:47
- graysky
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Re: account locked after non-existent failed password attempts
Thank you for pointing me to the link, seth. If I had my head screwed on straight this morning, I would have thought to search the bug tracker as well.
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#4 2020-09-01 17:16:06
- loqs
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Re: account locked after non-existent failed password attempts
How many failed attempts were shown by the command `faillock`?
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