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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>.

Linux-PAM 05/07/2023 PAM_FAILDELAY(8)