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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 |
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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_unix/unix_update.8.xml b/modules/pam_unix/unix_update.8.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6c7467b --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_unix/unix_update.8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"> + +<refentry id="unix_update"> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>unix_update</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv id="unix_update-name"> + <refname>unix_update</refname> + <refpurpose>Helper binary that updates the password of a given user</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis id="unix_update-cmdsynopsis"> + <command>unix_update</command> + <arg choice="opt"> + ... + </arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1 id="unix_update-description"> + + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para> + <emphasis>unix_update</emphasis> is a helper program for the + <emphasis>pam_unix</emphasis> module that updates the + password of a given user. It is not intended to be run directly + from the command line and logs a security violation if done so. + </para> + + <para> + The purpose of the helper is to enable tighter confinement of + login and password changing services. The helper is thus called only + when SELinux is enabled on the system. + </para> + + <para> + The interface of the helper - command line options, and input/output + data format are internal to the <emphasis>pam_unix</emphasis> + module and it should not be called directly from applications. + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='unix_update-see_also'> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <para> + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>pam_unix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1 id='unix_update-author'> + <title>AUTHOR</title> + <para> + Written by Tomas Mraz and other various people. + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |