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+.\" Title: pam_faildelay
+.\" Author:
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 04/16/2008
+.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\"
+.TH "PAM_FAILDELAY" "8" "04/16/2008" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.SH "NAME"
+pam_faildelay - Change the delay on failure per-application
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP 17
+\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
+\fI/etc/login\.defs\fR\.
+.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 SERVICES PROVIDED"
+.PP
+Only the
+\fBauth\fR
+service is supported\.
+.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
+.RS 4
+.nf
+auth optional pam_faildelay\.so delay=10000000
+
+.fi
+.RE
+.sp
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+
+\fBpam_fail_delay\fR(3),
+\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
+\fBpam.d\fR(8),
+\fBpam\fR(8)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+pam_faildelay was written by Darren Tucker <dtucker@zip\.com\.au>\.