From 9ada0093e92388590c7368600ca4e9e3e376f0d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 16:22:51 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.5.2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory_helper.8.xml | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+) create mode 100644 modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory_helper.8.xml (limited to 'modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory_helper.8.xml') diff --git a/modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory_helper.8.xml b/modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory_helper.8.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a030176 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory_helper.8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ + + + + + + + pwhistory_helper + 8 + Linux-PAM Manual + + + + pwhistory_helper + Helper binary that transfers password hashes from passwd or shadow to opasswd + + + + + pwhistory_helper + + ... + + + + + + + DESCRIPTION + + + pwhistory_helper is a helper program for the + pam_pwhistory module that transfers password hashes + from passwd or shadow file to the opasswd file and checks a password + supplied by user against the existing hashes in the opasswd file. + + + + 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. + + + + The interface of the helper - command line options, and input/output + data format are internal to the pam_pwhistory + module and it should not be called directly from applications. + + + + + SEE ALSO + + + pam_pwhistory8 + + + + + + AUTHOR + + Written by Tomas Mraz based on the code originally in + pam_pwhistory and pam_unix modules. + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3