PAM_FAILDELAY(8)               Linux-PAM Manual               PAM_FAILDELAY(8)

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                         04/09/2024                  PAM_FAILDELAY(8)