# phpman > man > pam_faildelay(8)

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## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/delay/3/markdown), [**pam.conf**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pam.conf/5/markdown), [**pam.d**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pam.d/5/markdown), [**pam**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pam/7/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker <<dtucker@zip.com.au>>.



Linux-PAM Manual                             06/08/2020                             [PAM_FAILDELAY(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAMFAILDELAY/8/markdown)