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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>pam_faildelay</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id="pam_faildelay-name">
<refname>pam_faildelay</refname>
<refpurpose>Change the delay on failure per-application</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="pam_faildelay-cmdsynopsis">
<command>pam_faildelay.so</command>
<arg choice="opt">
debug
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
delay=<replaceable>microseconds</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="pam_faildelay-description">
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
pam_faildelay is a PAM module that can be used to set
the delay on failure per-application.
</para>
<para>
If no <option>delay</option> is given, pam_faildelay will
use the value of FAIL_DELAY from <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="pam_faildelay-options">
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>debug</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Turns on debugging messages sent to syslog.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>delay=<replaceable>N</replaceable></option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the delay on failure to N microseconds.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="pam_faildelay-types">
<title>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</title>
<para>
Only the <option>auth</option> module type is provided.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-return_values'>
<title>RETURN VALUES</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>PAM_IGNORE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Delay was successful adjusted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>PAM_SYSTEM_ERR</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The specified delay was not valid.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-examples'>
<title>EXAMPLES</title>
<para>
The following example will set the delay on failure to
10 seconds:
<programlisting>
auth optional pam_faildelay.so delay=10000000
</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-see_also'>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>pam_fail_delay</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='pam_faildelay-author'>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>
pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip.com.au>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>