Bug#427716: gdm: RetryDelay has no effect

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mardi 05 juin 2007 à 17:31 -0700, Josh Triplett a écrit :
> Package: gdm
> Version: 2.18.2-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> The RetryDelay configuration option does not seem to have any effect.  Even
> with RetryDelay=0, gdm still waits several seconds after a failed login
> attempt.

The delay code in GDM is currently deactivated. However, as explained in
the pam_fail_delay manual page, modules can request a minimal delay.
This is what pam_unix does (support.c:681), which means an application
cannot request a smaller delay.

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