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diff --git a/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam.8 b/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam.8 index 7538441..b60be4d 100644 --- a/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam.8 +++ b/contrib/libpam/doc/man/pam.8 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ .\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source. .\" $Id: pam.8,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:37:27 morgan Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996-7 <morgan@linux.kernel.org> -.TH PAM 8 "1997 Feb 9" "Linux-PAM 0.56" "Linux-PAM Manual" +.TH PAM 8 "1997 Feb 9" "PAM 0.56" "PAM Manual" .SH NAME -Linux-PAM \- Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux +PAM \- Pluggable Authentication Modules .SH SYNOPSIS .B /etc/pam.conf @@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ Linux-PAM \- Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux .SH DESCRIPTION This manual is intended to offer a quick introduction to -.BR Linux-PAM ". " +.BR PAM ". " For more information the reader is directed to the .BR "Linux-PAM system administrators' guide". .sp -.BR Linux-PAM +.BR PAM Is a system of libraries that handle the authentication tasks of applications (services) on the system. The library provides a stable general interface (Application Programming Interface - API) that @@ -33,21 +33,21 @@ authentication is dynamically configurable. In other words, the system administrator is free to choose how individual service-providing applications will authenticate users. This dynamic configuration is set by the contents of the single -.BR Linux-PAM +.BR PAM configuration file .BR /etc/pam.conf "." Alternatively, the configuration can be set by individual configuration files located in the .B /etc/pam.d/ directory. -.IB "The presence of this directory will cause " Linux-PAM " to ignore" +.IB "The presence of this directory will cause " PAM " to ignore" .BI /etc/pam.conf "." .sp From the point of view of the system administrator, for whom this manual is provided, it is not of primary importance to understand the internal behavior of the -.BR Linux-PAM +.BR PAM library. The important point to recognize is that the configuration file(s) .I define @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ and the pluggable authentication modules that perform the actual authentication tasks. .sp -.BR Linux-PAM +.BR PAM separates the tasks of .I authentication into four independent management groups: @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ are of this type, there exist hardware based authentication schemes (such as the use of smart-cards and biometric devices), with suitable modules, these may be substituted seamlessly for more standard approaches to authentication - such is the flexibility of -.BR Linux-PAM "." +.BR PAM "." .br .BR password " - " @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ closing hook for modules to affect the services available to a user. .SH The configuration file(s) When a -.BR Linux-PAM +.BR PAM aware privilege granting application is started, it activates its attachment to the PAM-API. This activation performs a number of tasks, the most important being the reading of the configuration file(s): @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ directory. This filename must be in lower case. .sp An important feature of -.BR Linux-PAM ", " +.BR PAM ", " is that a number of rules may be .I stacked to combine the services of a number of PAMs for a given authentication @@ -237,24 +237,18 @@ documented for each individual module. .BR /etc/pam.conf " - the configuration file" .br .BR /etc/pam.d/ " - the" -.BR Linux-PAM +.BR PAM configuration directory. If this directory is present, the .B /etc/pam.conf file is ignored. .br .BR /usr/lib/libpam.so.X " - the dynamic library" .br -.BR /usr/lib/security/*.so " - the PAMs - -.sp -Note, to conform to the Linux File-system standard, the libraries and -modules in your system may be located in -.BR /lib " and " /lib/security -respectively. +.BR /usr/lib/pam_*.so " - the PAMs .SH ERRORS Typically errors generated by the -.BR Linux-PAM +.BR PAM system of libraries, will be written to .BR syslog "(3)." |
