maxlogins

Daniel Carrera daniel.carrera at zmsl.com
Sat Apr 29 21:36:20 UTC 2006


Darryl Clarke wrote:
> It's a limit on the number of concurrent logins a user can have.
> 
> Typically these resource limitations are used on server environments.

Ok, thank you. I was hoping it'd limit subsequent failed logins... :(
(limiting subsequent failed logins would be a very effective way to 
protect a computer from a password-guessing attack).

Cheers,
Daniel.
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