From 6fd95b3e3758ba8194426830166c4cbf00da1ac3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Hughes <ryan@heyoodle.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:08:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Change faillock config to proper location

---
 etc/security/faillock.conf               | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 install/config/increase-lockout-limit.sh |  3 --
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 etc/security/faillock.conf
 delete mode 100644 install/config/increase-lockout-limit.sh

diff --git a/etc/security/faillock.conf b/etc/security/faillock.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b388161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/security/faillock.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# 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 = 10
+#
+# The length of the interval during which the consecutive
+# authentication failures must happen for the user account
+# lock out is <replaceable>n</replaceable> 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 = 120
+#
+# 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>
diff --git a/install/config/increase-lockout-limit.sh b/install/config/increase-lockout-limit.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 522deb72..00000000
--- a/install/config/increase-lockout-limit.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Increase lockout limit to 10 and decrease timeout to 2 minutes
-sudo sed -i 's|^\(auth\s\+required\s\+pam_faillock.so\)\s\+preauth.*$|\1 preauth silent deny=10 unlock_time=120|' "/etc/pam.d/system-auth"
-sudo sed -i 's|^\(auth\s\+\[default=die\]\s\+pam_faillock.so\)\s\+authfail.*$|\1 authfail deny=10 unlock_time=120|' "/etc/pam.d/system-auth"