After too many failed authentication attempts:
'Purgatory' instead of 'hell'...
...temporarily inaccessible key-file instead of disabled account

Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/doc-man-4-keyfs-purgatory
Date: Thu May 19 17:55:38 CES 2005

--- /sys/man/4/keyfs	Thu May 19 17:55:23 2005
+++ /sys/man/4/keyfs	Thu May 19 17:55:19 2005
@@ -140,19 +140,19 @@
 increments this number; writing
 .B good
 resets it to 0.
-If the number reaches fifty,
-.I keyfs
-disables the account.
-Once the account is disabled,
-the only way to enable it is to write the string
-.B ok
-to
-.BR status .
 This number is not stored in
 .IR keyfile ,
 and is initialized to 0 when
 .I keyfs
 starts.
+If the number reaches a multiple of ten,
+the account gets into purgatory
+for as many seconds as the 
+number is.
+When in purgatory, the
+.BR key
+file can't be read, the number increases
+further in case of failed authentication attempts.
 .TP
 .B status
 The current status of the account, either