Shutdown Laptop after failed login attempts (and fall back to LUKS)

[Fabby]

@sashage

seems I can’t include links,

Please read this for the future, but I found it already :

[HowTo] Post screenshots and links

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ You’ve probably been sent here by a more experienced user because you cannot post links nor screenshots so please follow the simple instructions of this tutorial below to allow you to post both screenshots and links in any post and have a short explanation of why you can’t do this easily… If you’re reading this in response to a question, please click the green link above this text to bring you to the full unabridged text of the tutorial itself. If you …

@sashage

I have no experience with pam and would like to avoid that I accidently lock myself completly out of my system under certain conditions because of these changes.

Yeah, looks good!

I would have solved your issue completely different though:

• When someone asks me not to touch anything, just slam the thing shut and have the machine hibernate when the lid is closed and raise your arms and say "I didn’t touch anything!*, unplug it from power and hand it to them.

(Or maybe you can do both!)