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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-12 15:00:17 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-12 15:00:17 +0000
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The pam_unix module also provides password management.
PR: docs/93491 Submitted by: Lior Kadosh MFC after: 3 days
-rw-r--r--lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.815
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8
index e1ccab6..8d1c8b9 100644
--- a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8
+++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 26, 2001
+.Dd October 12, 2006
.Dt PAM_UNIX 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ The
.Ux
authentication service module for PAM,
.Nm
-provides functionality for two PAM categories:
-authentication
-and account management.
+provides functionality for three PAM categories:
+authentication,
+account management, and password management.
In terms of the
.Ar module-type
parameter, they are the
-.Dq Li auth
+.Dq Li auth ,
+.Dq Li account ,
and
-.Dq Li account
+.Dq Li password
features.
It also provides a null function for session management.
.Ss Ux Ss Authentication Module
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ level.
The
.Ux
password management component
-provides a function to perform account management,
+provides a function to perform password management,
.Fn pam_sm_chauthtok .
The function changes
the user's password.
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