#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : Accounts locked out -- faillock, pam_tally and expired passwords # Fix : Read what PAM actually rejected # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sec-pam-lockout # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 15 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # Always start here -- the reason is logged and guessing wastes time. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Nothing was changed. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 4" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " Accounts locked out -- faillock, pam_tally and expired passwords" echo " Read what PAM actually rejected" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 15 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Read the authentication log for the exact refusal.' '' cmd 'sudo journalctl -t sshd -t sudo -t login --since '\''30 min ago'\'' --no-pager | tail -40' 'sudo tail -60 /var/log/auth.log 2>/dev/null || sudo tail -60 /var/log/secure'; then sudo journalctl -t sshd -t sudo -t login --since '30 min ago' --no-pager | tail -40 sudo tail -60 /var/log/auth.log 2>/dev/null || sudo tail -60 /var/log/secure if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Check the account'\''s state directly.' 'passwd -S shows L for locked, P for a usable password and NP for none. chage -l shows every expiry date. Between them they answer this in ten seconds without touching a configuration file.' cmd 'sudo passwd -S username' 'sudo chage -l username' 'getent passwd username'; then sudo passwd -S username sudo chage -l username getent passwd username if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Check the shell -- an account with /usr/sbin/nologin or /bin/false authenticates and is immediately disconnected, which looks like a rejected password.' '' cmd 'getent passwd username | cut -d: -f7'; then getent passwd username | cut -d: -f7 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 4 'Check the account is not simply absent from a required group or an AllowUsers list in sshd.' '' manual || true rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'You have a named reason to act on.' rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sec-pam-lockout" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Nothing was changed.' rule