Manpages - 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), *pam.conf*(5), *pam.d*(5), *pam*(8)

AUTHOR

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

Information about pam_faildelay.8 is found in manpage for: optional pam_faildelay\&.so delay=10000000

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-23 Wed 15:16