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diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_wheel/pam_wheel.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_wheel/pam_wheel.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bd412c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_wheel/pam_wheel.8 @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +.\" 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 8, 2001 +.Dt PAM_WHEEL 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pam_wheel +.Nd Wheel PAM module +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Op Ar service-name +.Ar module-type +.Ar control-flag +.Pa pam_wheel +.Op Ar options +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The Wheel 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 Wheel Authentication Module +The Wheel authentication component +.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate , +permit authentication to members of a group, +which defaults to +.Dq Li wheel . +.Pp +The following options may be passed to the authentication module: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm auth_as_self" +.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 auth_as_self +check for +.Dq Li wheel +membership against +the current login name +(given by +.Xr getlogin 2 ) . +.It Cm trust +return +.Dv PAM_SUCCESS +instead of +.Dv PAM_IGNORE +if the user is a member of the group (default is +.Dq Li wheel ) . +.It Cm deny +invert the operation +if the user is a member of the +(default +.Dq Li wheel ) +group. +Returns failure instead of success. +Mainly of use with the +.Cm group Ns = Ns Ar foo +option. +.It Cm group Ns = Ns Ar foo +checking for membership of group +.Ar foo +instead of the default group +.Dq Li wheel . +.It Cm noroot_ok +return +.Dv PAM_SUCCESS +instead of +.Dv PAM_IGNORE +if the user is authenticating +to a user +that is not the superuser. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getlogin 2 , +.Xr syslog 3 , +.Xr group 5 , +.Xr pam.conf 5 , +.Xr pam 8 |