To configure the VMware Aria Operations for Logs appliance account lockout policy for the local account, decide on certain policy settings.

Table 1. Default Account Lockout Policy for VMware Aria Operations for Logs

Setting

Default

Description

deny

3

Maximum number of authentication failures before the account is locked

unlock_time

0

Amount of time in seconds that the account remains locked

root_unlock_time

600

Amount of time in seconds that the root account remains locked

Procedure

  1. Log in to VMware Aria Operations for Logs at <aria_operations_for_logs_fqdn>:22 as the root user by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client .
  2. Back up the /etc/security/faillock.conf file for the appliance by running the following command.
    cp -p /etc/security/faillock.conf /etc/security/faillock.conf-`date +%F_%H:%M:%S`.back
  3. Configure the maximum number of failed log-in attempts.
    sed -i -E 's/deny = [-]?[0-9]+/deny = <your_value>/g' /etc/security/faillock.conf
  4. Configure the unlock time for the root account.
    sed -i -E 's/root_unlock_time = [-]?[0-9]+/root_unlock_time = <your_value>/g' /etc/security/faillock.conf
  5. Configure the unlock time for all other local accounts.
    sed -i -E 's/unlock_time = [-]?[0-9]+/unlock_time = <your_value>/g' /etc/security/faillock.conf
  6. Verify the values.
    cat /etc/security/faillock.conf

  7. Repeat the procedure for the remaining VMware Aria Operations for Logs appliances.