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+'\" t
+.\" Title: pam_permit
+.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 05/18/2017
+.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "PAM_PERMIT" "8" "05/18/2017" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+pam_permit \- The promiscuous module
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBpam_permit\&.so\fR\ 'u
+\fBpam_permit\&.so\fR
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+pam_permit is a PAM module that always permit access\&. It does nothing else\&.
+.PP
+In the case of authentication, the user\*(Aqs name will be set to
+\fInobody\fR
+if the application didn\*(Aqt set one\&. Many applications and PAM modules become confused if this name is unknown\&.
+.PP
+This module is very dangerous\&. It should be used with extreme caution\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+This module does not recognise any options\&.
+.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
+.PP
+The
+\fBauth\fR,
+\fBaccount\fR,
+\fBpassword\fR
+and
+\fBsession\fR
+module types are provided\&.
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+.PP
+PAM_SUCCESS
+.RS 4
+This module always returns this value\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
+Add this line to your other login entries to disable account management, but continue to permit users to log in\&.
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+account required pam_permit\&.so
+
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.sp
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
+\fBpam.d\fR(5),
+\fBpam\fR(8)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+pam_permit was written by Andrew G\&. Morgan, <morgan@kernel\&.org>\&.