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diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad4323c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Mark R V Murray +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" 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 July 7, 2001 +.Dt PAM_UNIX 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pam_unix +.Nd UNIX PAM module +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Op Ar service-name +.Ar module-type +.Ar control-flag +.Pa pam_unix +.Op Ar options +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Ux +authentication service module for PAM, +.Nm +provides functionality for two PAM categories: +authentication +and account management. +In terms of the +.Ar module-type +parameter, they are the +.Dv auth +and +.Dv account +features. +It also provides a null function for session management. +.Ss Ux Authentication Module +The +.Ux +authentication component +provides functions to verify the identity of a user +.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate , +which obtains the relevant +.Xr passwd 5 +entry. +It prompts the user for a password +and verifies that this is correct with +.Xr crypt 3 . +.Pp +The following options may be passed to the authentication module: +.Bl -tag -xwidth ".Cm use_first_pass" +.It Cm debug +.Xr syslog 3 +debugging information at +.Dv LOG_DEBUG +level. +.It Cm use_first_pass +If the authentication module +is not the first in the stack, +and a previous module +obtained the user's password, +that password is used +to authenticate the user. +If this fails, +the authentication module returns failure +without prompting the user for a password. +This option has no effect +if the authentication module +is the first in the stack, +or if no previous modules +obtained the user's password. +.It Cm try_first_pass +This option is similar to the +.Cm use_first_pass +option, +except that if the previously obtained password fails, +the user is prompted for another password. +.It Cm auth_as_self +This option will require the user +to authenticate themself as the user +given by +.Fn getuid 2 , +not as the account they are attempting to access. +This is primarily for services like +.Xr su 1 , +where the user's ability to retype +their own password +might be deemed sufficient. +.It Cm nullok +If the password database +has no password +for the entity being authenticated, +then this option +will forgo password prompting, +and silently allow authentication to succeed. +.El +.Ss Ux Account Management Module +The +.Ux +account management component +provides a function to perform account management, +.Fn pam_sm_acct_mgmt . +The function verifies +that the authenticated user +is allowed to login to the local user account +by checking the password expiry date. +.Pp +The following options may be passed to the management module: +.Bl -tag -xwidth ".Cm use_first_pass" +.It Cm debug +.Xr syslog 3 +debugging information at +.Dv LOG_DEBUG +level. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -xwidth ".Pa /etc/master.passwd" -compact +.It Pa /etc/master.passwd +default +.Ux +password database. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr passwd 1 , +.Xr getuid 2 , +.Xr crypt 3 , +.Xr passwd 5 , +.Xr syslog 3 , +.Xr pam.conf 5 , +.Xr pam 8 |