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> Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where the sleep/delay function that is called when 
>> an invalid password is specified is?
>>
>> I'm looking at util-linux, and I'm trying to recompile agetty to not 
>> have a ~5 second delay when I type my password in wrong.  I can't 
>> seem to find the delay in the code though.  I timed the delay at 4.05 
>> seconds; but I can't seem to find that in the code.
>>
>> Does anyone have a line number or any idea where I should look to 
>> change this?  I tried changing the SLEEP_EXIT_TIMEOUT to 0; but no adeu.
>>
>> Any tips are greatly appreciated!
>
>
> You shouldn't need to recompile, this is tuneable.  Do you have a 
> /etc/login.defs?  Look for FAIL_DELAY (I think?)  What distro?

LFS 5.1.1 (Linux from scratch).  I'm actually building/testing the code 
on a Slack 9.1 box though. 

It looks like you're absolutely correct!  It _is_ FAIL_DELAY in 
/etc/login.defs.   Mine _was_ set to 3.

Thanks Geoffrey!

Best regards,
CB





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