[Bug 1862660] [NEW] Give users more than 3 tries before being forced to wait for 60 seconds

[David D Lowe]

Public bug reported:

If you have full-disk encryption enabled, you are asked for your
password upon boot-up. If you enter the incorrect password three times,
you are forced to wait for 60 seconds before you can try again. You are
show this message:

    cryptsetup: going to sleep for 60 seconds

Ubuntu is Linux for humans. Humans forget their passwords, and they need
more than three tries sometimes. If Ubuntu's keyboard layout is not the
one you are expecting, there is no indication of that (bug #1862656),
and it takes more than three tries to figure that out and then enter the
correct password. There is also no way to display the password (bug
#1862654), which also makes it likely that a user may need more than
three tries.

Please give the user more than three tries before forcing them to wait,
or at least reduce the wait time from 60 seconds to something shorter.

I am using Ubuntu 18.04.

** Affects: cryptsetup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Give users more than 3 tries before being forced to wait for 60
  seconds

Status in cryptsetup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If you have full-disk encryption enabled, you are asked for your
  password upon boot-up. If you enter the incorrect password three
  times, you are forced to wait for 60 seconds before you can try again.
  You are show this message:

      cryptsetup: going to sleep for 60 seconds

  Ubuntu is Linux for humans. Humans forget their passwords, and they
  need more than three tries sometimes. If Ubuntu's keyboard layout is
  not the one you are expecting, there is no indication of that (bug
  #1862656), and it takes more than three tries to figure that out and
  then enter the correct password. There is also no way to display the
  password (bug #1862654), which also makes it likely that a user may
  need more than three tries.

  Please give the user more than three tries before forcing them to
  wait, or at least reduce the wait time from 60 seconds to something
  shorter.

  I am using Ubuntu 18.04.

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