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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Mark R V Murray
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
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.\" ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
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.\" Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
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.Dd December 5, 2001
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.Dt PAM_SELF 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pam_self
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.Nd Self PAM module
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Op Ar service-name
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.Ar module-type
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.Ar control-flag
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.Pa pam_self
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.Op Ar options
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The Self authentication service module for PAM,
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.Nm
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provides functionality for only one PAM category:
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authentication.
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In terms of the
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.Ar module-type
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parameter, this is the
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.Dq Li auth
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feature.
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.Ss Self Authentication Module
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The Self authentication component
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.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate ,
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returns success if and only if the target user's user ID is identical
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with the current real user ID.
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If the current real user ID is zero authentication will fail,
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unless the
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.Cm allow_root
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option was specified.
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.Pp
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The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm allow_root"
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.It Cm debug
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.Xr syslog 3
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debugging information at
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.Dv LOG_DEBUG
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level.
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.It Cm no_warn
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suppress warning messages to the user.
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These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt
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was declined.
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.It Cm allow_root
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do not automatically fail if the current real user ID is 0.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getuid 2 ,
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.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
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.Xr pam 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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module and this manual page were developed for the
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.Fx
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Project by
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ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
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Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
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.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
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as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
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