PAM_FAILDELAY
Section: Linux\-PAM Manual (8)
Updated: 11/25/2020
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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),
pam.conf(5),
pam.d(5),
pam(8)
AUTHOR
pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>.