SLES-15-040010 - The SUSE operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

Information

The SUSE operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

Solution

Configure the SUSE operating system to enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

Edit the file "/etc/pam.d/common-auth".

Add a parameter "pam_faildelay" and set it to:

> delay is in micro seconds
auth required pam_faildelay.so delay=4000000

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SLES_15_V2R6_STIG.zip