Maximum Number of Tries

To set the maximum number of times a user can try to change a password without succeeding, use the -a number argument with rpc.nispasswdd, where number is the number of allowed tries. (You must have superuser privileges on the NIS+ master server to run rpc.nispasswdd.)

For example, to limit users to no more than four attempts (the default is 3), you would type:

station1# rpc.nispasswdd -a 4

In this case, if a user's fourth attempt at logging in is unsuccessful, the message Too many failures - try later is displayed. No further attempts are permitted for that user ID until a specified period of time has passed.