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+.\" 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
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+.\"
+.\" 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 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
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