From 67fcc4111ae36921c649ec85c8cab3bbf50fd738 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: markm Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 17:41:13 +0000 Subject: Big module makeover; improve logging, standardise variable names, introduce ability to change passwords for both "usual" Unix methods and NIS. --- lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8') diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 index 93b0fa7..64be97a 100644 --- a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 +++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 @@ -131,6 +131,36 @@ debugging information at .Dv LOG_DEBUG level. .El +.Ss Ux Ss Password Management Module +The +.Ux +password management component +provides a function to perform account management, +.Fn pam_sm_chauthtok . +The function changes +the user's password. +.Pp +The following options may be passed to the password module: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm use_first_pass" +.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 local_pass +forces the password module +to change a local password +in favour of a NIS one. +.It Cm nis_pass +forces the password module +to change a NIS password +in favour of a local one. +.El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/master.passwd" -compact .It Pa /etc/master.passwd -- cgit v1.1