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diff --git a/contrib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/README b/contrib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..082e996 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/README @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +This is the README for pam_unix in Linux-PAM-0.53. +-------------------------------------------------- + +pam_unix comes as four separate modules: + +pam_unix_auth: authentication module providing + pam_authenticate() and pam_setcred() hooks + + NO options are recognized. Credential facilities are trivial + (function simply returns) + +pam_unix_sess: session module, providing session logging + + "debug" and "trace" arguments are accepted, which indicate the + logging-level for syslog. + + "debug" -> LOG_DEBUG [ also default ] + "trace" -> LOG_AUTHPRIV + +pam_unix_acct: account management, providing shadow account + managment features, password aging etc.. + + NO options are recognized. Account managment trivial without + shadow active. + +pam_unix_passwd: password updating facilities providing + cracklib password strength checking facilities. + + if compiled, the default behavior is to check passwords + strictly using CrackLib. This behavior can be turned off + with the argument + + "strict=false" + + invalid arguments are logged to syslog. + +------------------------------ +- Andrew 1996/11/9 +------------------------------ |
