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(7)

AUTHOR

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

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