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+++ b/doc/man/pam.conf.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"-
-.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav
+.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Dag-Erling Smørgrav
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: pam.conf.5 320 2006-02-16 20:33:19Z des $
+.\" $Id: pam.conf.5 485 2011-11-03 16:57:37Z des $
.\"
-.Dd June 16, 2005
+.Dd November 3, 2011
.Dt PAM.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ policy is used instead, if it exists.
Entries in per-service policy files must be of one of the two forms
below:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
-.Ar function-class control-flag module-path Op Ar arguments ...
-.Ar function-class Cm include Ar other-service-name
+.Ar facility control-flag module-path Op Ar arguments ...
+.Ar facility Cm include Ar other-service-name
.Ed
.Pp
Entries in
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ to the right of a
sign.
.Pp
The
-.Ar function-class
-field specifies the class of functions the entry applies to, and is
-one of:
+.Ar facility
+field specifies the facility the entry applies to, and is one of:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm password"
.It Cm auth
Authentication functions
@@ -147,6 +146,11 @@ to call.
.Pp
The remaining fields are passed as arguments to the module if and when
it is invoked.
+As a special case, if an argument is of the form ``name=value'' and
+the right-hand side is surrounded by single or double quotes, any
+whitespace between the quote characters will be considered part of the
+same argument rather than a separator between this argument and the
+next.
.Pp
The
.Cm include
@@ -167,10 +171,9 @@ modify each and every service-specific policy.
.Sh AUTHORS
The OpenPAM library was developed for the
.Fx
-Project by ThinkSec
-AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division
-of Network Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract
-N66001-01-C-8035
+Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
+Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
+DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
.Pp
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