feat(etc): relax faillock (deny=50, unlock_time=30)

Single-user laptop behind FDE with key-only SSH means local brute
force is not a realistic threat. Tight defaults (3 attempts, 10min
lock) mainly punish typos.

1 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/security/faillock.conf b/etc/security/faillock.conf
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+# Configuration for locking the user after multiple failed
+# authentication attempts.
+#
+# The directory where the user files with the failure records are kept.
+# The default is /var/run/faillock.
+# dir = /var/run/faillock
+#
+# Will log the user name into the system log if the user is not found.
+# Enabled if option is present.
+# audit
+#
+# Don't print informative messages.
+# Enabled if option is present.
+# silent
+#
+# Don't log informative messages via syslog.
+# Enabled if option is present.
+# no_log_info
+#
+# Only track failed user authentications attempts for local users
+# in /etc/passwd and ignore centralized (AD, IdM, LDAP, etc.) users.
+# The `faillock` command will also no longer track user failed
+# authentication attempts. Enabling this option will prevent a
+# double-lockout scenario where a user is locked out locally and
+# in the centralized mechanism.
+# Enabled if option is present.
+# local_users_only
+#
+# Deny access if the number of consecutive authentication failures
+# for this user during the recent interval exceeds n tries.
+# The default is 3.
+# deny = 3
+deny = 50
+#
+# The length of the interval during which the consecutive
+# authentication failures must happen for the user account
+# lock out is n seconds.
+# The default is 900 (15 minutes).
+# fail_interval = 900
+#
+# The access will be re-enabled after n seconds after the lock out.
+# The value 0 has the same meaning as value `never` - the access
+# will not be re-enabled without resetting the faillock
+# entries by the `faillock` command.
+# The default is 600 (10 minutes).
+# unlock_time = 600
+unlock_time = 30
+#
+# Root account can become locked as well as regular accounts.
+# Enabled if option is present.
+# even_deny_root
+#
+# This option implies the `even_deny_root` option.
+# Allow access after n seconds to root account after the
+# account is locked. In case the option is not specified
+# the value is the same as of the `unlock_time` option.
+# root_unlock_time = 900
+#
+# If a group name is specified with this option, members
+# of the group will be handled by this module the same as
+# the root account (the options `even_deny_root` and
+# `root_unlock_time` will apply to them).
+# By default, the option is not set.
+# admin_group = <admin_group_name>