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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(7) AUTHOR
pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>. Linux-PAM Manual 06/04/2011 PAM_FAILDELAY(8)

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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 Manual 09/19/2013 PAM_FAILDELAY(8)
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