diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libpam/modules/pam_self/pam_self.8')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libpam/modules/pam_self/pam_self.8 | 97 |
1 files changed, 97 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_self/pam_self.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_self/pam_self.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0317c23 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_self/pam_self.8 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Mark R V Murray +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 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 +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" 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 +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" 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 December 5, 2001 +.Dt PAM_SELF 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pam_self +.Nd Self PAM module +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Op Ar service-name +.Ar module-type +.Ar control-flag +.Pa pam_self +.Op Ar options +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The Self authentication service module for PAM, +.Nm +provides functionality for only one PAM category: +authentication. +In terms of the +.Ar module-type +parameter, this is the +.Dq Li auth +feature. +It also provides a null function for session management. +.Ss Self Authentication Module +The Self authentication component +.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate , +returns success if and only if the target user's user ID is identical +with the current real user ID. +If the current real user ID is non-zero, authentication will fail, +unless the +.Cm even_root +option was specified. +.Pp +The following options may be passed to the authentication module: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm even_root" +.It Cm debug +.Xr syslog 3 +debugging information at +.Dv LOG_DEBUG +level. +.It Cm no_warn +suppress warning messages to the user. +These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt +was declined. +.It Cm even_root +do not automatically fail if the current real user ID is 0. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getuid 2 , +.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. |