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PAM_FAILDELAY(8)                          Linux-PAM Manual                          PAM_FAILDELAY(8)



NAME
       pam_faildelay - Change the delay on failure per-application

SYNOPSIS
       pam_faildelay.so [debug] [delay=microseconds]

DESCRIPTION
       pam_faildelay is a PAM module that can be used to set the delay on failure per-application.

       If no delay is given, pam_faildelay will use the value of FAIL_DELAY from /etc/login.defs.

OPTIONS
       debug
           Turns on debugging messages sent to syslog.

       delay=N
           Set the delay on failure to N microseconds.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
       Only the auth module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES
       PAM_IGNORE
           Delay was successful adjusted.

       PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
           The specified delay was not valid.

EXAMPLES
       The following example will set the delay on failure to 10 seconds:

           auth  optional  pam_faildelay.so  delay=10000000



SEE ALSO
       pam_fail_delay(3), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)

AUTHOR
       pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker <dtucker AT zip.au>.



Linux-PAM Manual                             06/08/2020                             PAM_FAILDELAY(8)

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