From 7ea2a54c0b4cffe2dd77de0a98461180c1dcfc34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brueffer Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:46:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document how the backoff delay is calculated. Submitted by: markus MFC after: 3 days --- lib/libutil/login.conf.5 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 index b71ef9986d69..01f9a9ff2a16 100644 --- a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 +++ b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 6, 2004 +.Dd April 19, 2006 .Dt LOGIN.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ in the class may not access. .It "login-backoff number 3 The number of login attempts allowed before the backoff delay is inserted after each subsequent attempt. +The backoff delay is the number of tries above +.Em login-backoff +multiplied by 5 seconds. .It "login-retries number 10 The number of login attempts allowed before the login fails. .It "passwd_format string md5 The encryption format that new or