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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 12:01:37 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 12:01:37 +0000 |
commit | de848d9e9146434817c65d74d1d0313e9d729462 (patch) | |
tree | dcbd0efb229b17f696f7195671f05b354b4f70fc /modules/pam_env/pam_env.conf.5 | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 1.4.0.upstream/1.4.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/modules/pam_env/pam_env.conf.5 b/modules/pam_env/pam_env.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a7155b --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_env/pam_env.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pam_env.conf +.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 06/08/2020 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "PAM_ENV\&.CONF" "5" "06/08/2020" "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_env.conf, environment \- the environment variables config files +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +The +/etc/security/pam_env\&.conf +file specifies the environment variables to be set, unset or modified by +\fBpam_env\fR(8)\&. When someone logs in, this file is read and the environment variables are set according\&. +.PP +Each line starts with the variable name, there are then two possible options for each variable DEFAULT and OVERRIDE\&. DEFAULT allows and administrator to set the value of the variable to some default value, if none is supplied then the empty string is assumed\&. The OVERRIDE option tells pam_env that it should enter in its value (overriding the default value) if there is one to use\&. OVERRIDE is not used, "" is assumed and no override will be done\&. +.PP +\fIVARIABLE\fR +[\fIDEFAULT=[value]\fR] [\fIOVERRIDE=[value]\fR] +.PP +(Possibly non\-existent) environment variables may be used in values using the ${string} syntax and (possibly non\-existent) PAM_ITEMs as well as HOME and SHELL may be used in values using the @{string} syntax\&. Both the $ and @ characters can be backslash escaped to be used as literal values values can be delimited with "", escaped " not supported\&. Note that many environment variables that you would like to use may not be set by the time the module is called\&. For example, ${HOME} is used below several times, but many PAM applications don\*(Aqt make it available by the time you need it\&. The special variables @{HOME} and @{SHELL} are expanded to the values for the user from his +\fIpasswd\fR +entry\&. +.PP +The "\fI#\fR" character at start of line (no space at front) can be used to mark this line as a comment line\&. +.PP +The +/etc/environment +file specifies the environment variables to be set\&. The file must consist of simple +\fINAME=VALUE\fR +pairs on separate lines\&. The +\fBpam_env\fR(8) +module will read the file after the +pam_env\&.conf +file\&. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +These are some example lines which might be specified in +/etc/security/pam_env\&.conf\&. +.PP +Set the REMOTEHOST variable for any hosts that are remote, default to "localhost" rather than not being set at all +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf + REMOTEHOST DEFAULT=localhost OVERRIDE=@{PAM_RHOST} + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.PP +Set the DISPLAY variable if it seems reasonable +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf + DISPLAY DEFAULT=${REMOTEHOST}:0\&.0 OVERRIDE=${DISPLAY} + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.PP +Now some simple variables +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf + PAGER DEFAULT=less + MANPAGER DEFAULT=less + LESS DEFAULT="M q e h15 z23 b80" + NNTPSERVER DEFAULT=localhost + PATH DEFAULT=${HOME}/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin\e + :/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/X11:/usr/bin/X11 + XDG_DATA_HOME @{HOME}/share/ + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.PP +Silly examples of escaped variables, just to show how they work\&. +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf + DOLLAR DEFAULT=\e$ + DOLLARDOLLAR DEFAULT= OVERRIDE=\e$${DOLLAR} + DOLLARPLUS DEFAULT=\e${REMOTEHOST}${REMOTEHOST} + ATSIGN DEFAULT="" OVERRIDE=\e@ + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpam_env\fR(8), +\fBpam.d\fR(5), +\fBpam\fR(8), +\fBenviron\fR(7) +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +pam_env was written by Dave Kinchlea <kinch@kinch\&.ark\&.com>\&. |