[sllug-members]: bad password delays

[Matthew Hatch]

Ian Robertson wrote:
> I use Xscreensaver to lock my screen.  Frequently, when coming back, I'm
> in a hurry to type in my password, and hence mistype it.  This wouldn't
> be so bad, except that Xscreensaver takes 5 seconds before it rejects
> the password and lets me try again.  I suspect this is due to a pam
> setting, but I've been unable to figure out how to bump it down to say,
> 1 second.  Does anyone have any thoughts on how to attack this.  This is
> on a Suse 10.0 box.

Open YaST, select the security tab and open the 'Local Security' module.
 Browse through the options until you see 'Delay after Incorrect Login
Attempt'.  Default is 3, change it to whatever.

Or, if you're like me and hate YaST, you could edit /etc/login.defs and
modify the line 'FAIL_DELAY' to have a lower number.

Don't know if this affects xscreensaver or not, as these are the
settings for console login.  But it's worth a shot.

-Matthew

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