Applies to:  All versions of Centrify DirectControl
 

Answer:


The latest releases of Linux PAM includes a module called pam_tally which rejects a user if the user failed to login too many times. Although this functionality is not coordinated with Windows domain policy settings, the use of pam_tally may add value for local account logins.

If the requirement is to monitor local account login failures then place pam_tally after the Centrify lines:
 
auth       sufficient     pam_centrifydc.so
auth       requisite      pam_centrifydc.so deny
account    sufficient     pam_centrifydc.so
account    requisite      pam_centrifydc.so deny
session    required       pam_centrifydc.so homedir
password   sufficient     pam_centrifydc.so try_first_pass
password   requisite      pam_centrifydc.so deny
auth       required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so per_user deny=3 onerr-fail
account    required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so

Placing pam_tally auth and account after the Centrify lines means that an AD user login failure will not be recorded.  Only a local user who falls through all Centrify checking will come to this pam_tally logic.