'\" t .\" Title: pam_faildelay .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 .\" Date: 09/19/2013 .\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual .\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual .\" Language: English .\" .TH "PAM_FAILDELAY" "8" "09/19/2013" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" pam_faildelay \- Change the delay on failure per\-application .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\fBpam_faildelay\&.so\fR\ 'u \fBpam_faildelay\&.so\fR [debug] [delay=\fImicroseconds\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP pam_faildelay is a PAM module that can be used to set the delay on failure per\-application\&. .PP If no \fBdelay\fR is given, pam_faildelay will use the value of FAIL_DELAY from /etc/login\&.defs\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \fBdebug\fR .RS 4 Turns on debugging messages sent to syslog\&. .RE .PP \fBdelay=\fR\fB\fIN\fR\fR .RS 4 Set the delay on failure to N microseconds\&. .RE .SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED" .PP Only the \fBauth\fR module type is provided\&. .SH "RETURN VALUES" .PP PAM_IGNORE .RS 4 Delay was successful adjusted\&. .RE .PP PAM_SYSTEM_ERR .RS 4 The specified delay was not valid\&. .RE .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP The following example will set the delay on failure to 10 seconds: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf auth optional pam_faildelay\&.so delay=10000000 .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .sp .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fBpam_fail_delay\fR(3), \fBpam.conf\fR(5), \fBpam.d\fR(5), \fBpam\fR(7) .SH "AUTHOR" .PP pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker \&.