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+.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Portions of this software were developed for the FreeBSD Project by
+.\" ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
+.\" Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
+.\" ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
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+.\" permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd May 26, 2003
+.Dt PAM_GUEST 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm pam_guest
+.Nd Guest PAM module
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Op Ar service-name
+.Ar module-type
+.Ar control-flag
+.Pa pam_guest
+.Op Ar arguments
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The guest service module for PAM allows guest logins.
+If successful, the
+.Nm
+module sets the PAM environment variable
+.Ev GUEST
+to the login name.
+The application can check this variable using
+.Xr pam_getenv 3
+to differentiate guest logins from normal logins.
+.Pp
+The following options may be passed to the
+.Nm
+module:
+.Bl -tag -width ".Cm pass_as_ruser"
+.It Cm guests Ns = Ns Ar list
+Comma-separated list of guest account names.
+The default is
+.Dq guest .
+A typical value for
+.Xr ftpd 8
+would be
+.Dq anonymous,ftp .
+.It Cm nopass
+Omits the password prompt if the target account is on the list of
+guest accounts.
+.It Cm pass_as_ruser
+The password typed in by the user is exported as the
+.Dv PAM_RUSER
+item.
+This is useful for applications like
+.Xr ftpd 8
+where guest users are encouraged to use their email address as
+password.
+.It Cm pass_is_user
+Requires the guest user to type in the guest account name as password.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
+.Xr pam_getenv 3 ,
+.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
+.Xr pam 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+module and this manual page were developed for the
+.Fx
+Project by
+ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, 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.
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