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8 <refentrytitle>pam_faildelay</refentrytitle>
9 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
10 <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
13 <refnamediv id="pam_faildelay-name">
14 <refname>pam_faildelay</refname>
15 <refpurpose>Change the delay on failure per-application</refpurpose>
19 <cmdsynopsis id="pam_faildelay-cmdsynopsis">
20 <command>pam_faildelay.so</command>
25 delay=<replaceable>microseconds</replaceable>
30 <refsect1 id="pam_faildelay-description">
32 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
35 pam_faildelay is a PAM module that can be used to set
36 the delay on failure per-application.
39 If no <option>delay</option> is given, pam_faildelay will
40 use the value of FAIL_DELAY from <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
44 <refsect1 id="pam_faildelay-options">
46 <title>OPTIONS</title>
50 <option>debug</option>
54 Turns on debugging messages sent to syslog.
60 <option>delay=<replaceable>N</replaceable></option>
64 Set the delay on failure to N microseconds.
71 <refsect1 id="pam_faildelay-types">
72 <title>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</title>
74 Only the <option>auth</option> module type is provided.
78 <refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-return_values'>
79 <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
82 <term>PAM_IGNORE</term>
85 Delay was successful adjusted.
90 <term>PAM_SYSTEM_ERR</term>
93 The specified delay was not valid.
100 <refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-examples'>
101 <title>EXAMPLES</title>
103 The following example will set the delay on failure to
106 auth optional pam_faildelay.so delay=10000000
111 <refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-see_also'>
112 <title>SEE ALSO</title>
115 <refentrytitle>pam_fail_delay</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
118 <refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
121 <refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
124 <refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
129 <refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-author'>
130 <title>AUTHOR</title>
132 pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>.