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> Default lock screen experience still has a needless delay of 5 seconds when entering a wrong (even blank wrong) password, even on the first attempt. I suspec
by timhh 4mo ago
> Default lock screen experience still has a needless delay of 5 seconds when entering a wrong (even blank wrong) password, even on the first attempt.
I suspect that is not KDE's fault (or Wayland's) - it's probably PAM, which by default has a 2 second delay (+/- 50%). That default is extremely difficult to change, but you can configure it. See my instructions here: https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/778#issuecomment-3233644079 https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/778#issuecomme...
Also if you follow that issue you can see I've been trying to convince the PAM developers to fix it (by changing it to a 0.5 second delay, which is much more tolerable and no less secure). Unfortunately they have this weird idea that users want the delay, because it lets them recompose their thoughts after getting the password wrong or something like that.
- mschuster91 4mo agoGood lord that thread is a dumpster fire. Thanks for finding out wtf is causing this, it has annoyed me for two darn decades, but never enough to go as deep into finding the cause…
- garciansmith 4mo agoWow, that has bugged me for years. Frustrating it's not easily configurable.