faillock
May 25, 2025
If you enter the wrong password too many times, your account may be locked out.
The faillock
command is used to manage this lockout mechanism.
Check the current lockout status with:
faillock --user <username>
If you still have access to the system, you can unlock your account by using
the faillock
command.
If you want to reset the lockout for a specific user, you can use:
faillock --user <username> --reset
or:
rm /var/run/faillock/myUsername
The directory where the faillock records are stored is typically
/var/run/faillock/
. You can view the contents of this directory to see the
lockout records.
ls -l /var/run/faillock/