Locking the failed login attemp

From: Kristianto (heiskr1s_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: 21 Jul 2004 01:12:07 -0700

Hello gurus,

Is there anyway to lock a user account after, say 3, failed login attempts?

I know that solaris drops the tty after 5 (default). This, however, is not
what the customer wants.

They want the account "locked" and possibly a message displayed to the user.

I know this take risk, specially for the failed root password.

Thanks in Advance

Kristianto

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