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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_localuser/pam_localuser.8 | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
download | pam-upstream.tar.xz pam-upstream.zip |
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_localuser/pam_localuser.8 b/modules/pam_localuser/pam_localuser.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65e4999 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_localuser/pam_localuser.8 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pam_localuser +.\" 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_LOCALUSER" "8" "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_localuser \- require users to be listed in /etc/passwd +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBpam_localuser\&.so\fR\ 'u +\fBpam_localuser\&.so\fR [debug] [file=\fI/path/passwd\fR] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +pam_localuser is a PAM module to help implementing site\-wide login policies, where they typically include a subset of the network\*(Aqs users and a few accounts that are local to a particular workstation\&. Using pam_localuser and pam_wheel or pam_listfile is an effective way to restrict access to either local users and/or a subset of the network\*(Aqs users\&. +.PP +This could also be implemented using pam_listfile\&.so and a very short awk script invoked by cron, but it\*(Aqs common enough to have been separated out\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +.PP +\fBdebug\fR +.RS 4 +Print debug information\&. +.RE +.PP +\fBfile=\fR\fB\fI/path/passwd\fR\fR +.RS 4 +Use a file other than +/etc/passwd\&. +.RE +.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED" +.PP +All module types (\fBaccount\fR, +\fBauth\fR, +\fBpassword\fR +and +\fBsession\fR) are provided\&. +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +.PP +PAM_SUCCESS +.RS 4 +The new localuser was set successfully\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_BUF_ERR +.RS 4 +Memory buffer error\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_CONV_ERR +.RS 4 +The conversation method supplied by the application failed to obtain the username\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_INCOMPLETE +.RS 4 +The conversation method supplied by the application returned PAM_CONV_AGAIN\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_SERVICE_ERR +.RS 4 +The user name is not valid or the passwd file is unavailable\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_PERM_DENIED +.RS 4 +The user is not listed in the passwd file\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +Add the following lines to +/etc/pam\&.d/su +to allow only local users or group wheel to use su\&. +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +account sufficient pam_localuser\&.so +account required pam_wheel\&.so + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.sp +.SH "FILES" +.PP +/etc/passwd +.RS 4 +Local user account information\&. +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpam.conf\fR(5), +\fBpam.d\fR(5), +\fBpam\fR(8) +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +pam_localuser was written by Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat\&.com>\&. |