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19 lines
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="pam.conf-desc">
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<para>
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When a <emphasis>PAM</emphasis> aware privilege granting application
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is started, it activates its attachment to the PAM-API. This
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activation performs a number of tasks, the most important being the
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reading of the configuration file(s): <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>.
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Alternatively and preferably, the configuration can be set by individual
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configuration files located in a <filename>pam.d</filename> directory.
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The presence of this directory will cause
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<emphasis remap="B">Linux-PAM</emphasis> to
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<emphasis remap="I">ignore</emphasis> <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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These files list the <emphasis>PAM</emphasis>s that will do the
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authentication tasks required by this service, and the appropriate
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behavior of the PAM-API in the event that individual
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<emphasis>PAM</emphasis>s fail.
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</para>
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</section>
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