#!/usr/bin/env bash faillock_conf="/etc/security/faillock.conf" expected_value=5 if grep -Pq '^\s*#?\s*deny\s*=\s*([0-9]+)' "$faillock_conf"; then current_value=$(grep -Eo '^\s*#?\s*deny\s*=\s*([0-9]+)' "$faillock_conf" | awk -F'=' '{print $2}' | tr -d ' ') else echo "ERROR: deny is not set in $faillock_conf." exit 1 fi if ((current_value <= expected_value)); then exit 0 else echo "ERROR: deny=$current_value is higher than $expected_value" exit 1 fi