Number of allowed authentication failures
The number of times a user is allowed to attempt authentication, before giving up and going back to user selection.
- Type: dconf
- Key: /org/gnome/login-screen/allowed-failures
- Default: 3
Note: default system value is used for "Not Configured" and enforced if "Disabled".
Supported on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 22.10.
Supported on: Ubuntu
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | metaValues |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Enabled Value | {"20.04":{"empty":"0","meta":"i"},"22.04":{"empty":"0","meta":"i"},"22.10":{"empty":"0","meta":"i"},"all":{"empty":"0","meta":"i"}} |
| Disabled Value | {"20.04":{"meta":"i"},"22.04":{"meta":"i"},"22.10":{"meta":"i"},"all":{"meta":"i"}} |
Number of allowed authentication failures
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | all |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | |
| Min Value | |
| Max Value |
Override value for 22.10:| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | Override22.10 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | false |
| True Value | true |
| False Value | false |
Number of allowed authentication failures
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | 22.10 |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 3 |
| Min Value | |
| Max Value |
Override value for 22.04:| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | Override22.04 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | false |
| True Value | true |
| False Value | false |
Number of allowed authentication failures
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | 22.04 |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 3 |
| Min Value | |
| Max Value |
Override value for 20.04:| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | Override20.04 |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Default Value | false |
| True Value | true |
| False Value | false |
Number of allowed authentication failures
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Ubuntu\gdm\dconf\org\gnome\login-screen\allowed-failures |
| Value Name | 20.04 |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 3 |
| Min Value | |
| Max Value |
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