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diff --git a/modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp_check.8 b/modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp_check.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b90ab31 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp_check.8 @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pam_timestamp_check +.\" 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_TIMESTAMP_CHECK" "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_timestamp_check \- Check to see if the default timestamp is valid +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBpam_timestamp_check\fR\ 'u +\fBpam_timestamp_check\fR [\-k] [\-d] [\fItarget_user\fR] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +With no arguments +\fBpam_timestamp_check\fR +will check to see if the default timestamp is valid, or optionally remove it\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +\fB\-k\fR +.RS 4 +Instead of checking the validity of a timestamp, remove it\&. This is analogous to sudo\*(Aqs +\fI\-k\fR +option\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-d\fR +.RS 4 +Instead of returning validity using an exit status, loop indefinitely, polling regularly and printing the status on standard output\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\fItarget_user\fR\fR +.RS 4 +By default +\fBpam_timestamp_check\fR +checks or removes timestamps generated by +\fIpam_timestamp\fR +when the user authenticates as herself\&. When the user authenticates as a different user, the name of the timestamp file changes to accommodate this\&. +\fItarget_user\fR +allows to specify this user name\&. +.RE +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +0 +.RS 4 +The timestamp is valid\&. +.RE +.PP +2 +.RS 4 +The binary is not setuid root\&. +.RE +.PP +3 +.RS 4 +Invalid invocation\&. +.RE +.PP +4 +.RS 4 +User is unknown\&. +.RE +.PP +5 +.RS 4 +Permissions error\&. +.RE +.PP +6 +.RS 4 +Invalid controlling tty\&. +.RE +.PP +7 +.RS 4 +Timestamp is not valid\&. +.RE +.SH "NOTES" +.PP +Users can get confused when they are not always asked for passwords when running a given program\&. Some users reflexively begin typing information before noticing that it is not being asked for\&. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +auth sufficient pam_timestamp\&.so verbose +auth required pam_unix\&.so + +session required pam_unix\&.so +session optional pam_timestamp\&.so + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "FILES" +.PP +/var/run/sudo/\&.\&.\&. +.RS 4 +timestamp files and directories +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpam_timestamp_check\fR(8), +\fBpam.conf\fR(5), +\fBpam.d\fR(5), +\fBpam\fR(8) +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +pam_tally was written by Nalin Dahyabhai\&. |