pam_faildelay(8)

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NAME

6       pam_faildelay - Change the delay on failure per-application
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SYNOPSIS

9       pam_faildelay.so [debug] [delay=microseconds]
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DESCRIPTION

12       pam_faildelay is a PAM module that can be used to set the delay on
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15       If no delay is given, pam_faildelay will use the value of FAIL_DELAY
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OPTIONS

19       debug
20           Turns on debugging messages sent to syslog.
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22       delay=N
23           Set the delay on failure to N microseconds.
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MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

26       Only the auth module type is provided.
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RETURN VALUES

29       PAM_IGNORE
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33           The specified delay was not valid.
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EXAMPLES

36       The following example will set the delay on failure to 10 seconds:
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38           auth  optional  pam_faildelay.so  delay=10000000
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AUTHOR

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