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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" $Id: pam.8,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:37:27 morgan Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996-7 <morgan@linux.kernel.org>
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.TH PAM 8 "1997 Feb 9" "Linux-PAM 0.56" "Linux-PAM Manual"
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.TH PAM 8 "1997 Feb 9" "PAM 0.56" "PAM Manual"
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.SH NAME
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Linux-PAM \- Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux
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PAM \- Pluggable Authentication Modules
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /etc/pam.conf
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual is intended to offer a quick introduction to
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.BR Linux-PAM ". "
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.BR PAM ". "
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For more information the reader is directed to the
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.BR "Linux-PAM system administrators' guide".
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.sp
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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Is a system of libraries that handle the authentication tasks of
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applications (services) on the system. The library provides a stable
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general interface (Application Programming Interface - API) that
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system administrator is free to choose how individual
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service-providing applications will authenticate users. This dynamic
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configuration is set by the contents of the single
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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configuration file
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.BR /etc/pam.conf "."
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Alternatively, the configuration can be set by individual
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configuration files located in the
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.B /etc/pam.d/
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directory.
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.IB "The presence of this directory will cause " Linux-PAM " to ignore"
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.IB "The presence of this directory will cause " PAM " to ignore"
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.BI /etc/pam.conf "."
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.sp
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From the point of view of the system administrator, for whom this
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manual is provided, it is not of primary importance to understand the
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internal behavior of the
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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library. The important point to recognize is that the configuration
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file(s)
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.I define
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that perform the actual authentication tasks.
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.sp
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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separates the tasks of
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.I authentication
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into four independent management groups:
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(such as the use of smart-cards and biometric devices), with suitable
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modules, these may be substituted seamlessly for more standard
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approaches to authentication - such is the flexibility of
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.BR Linux-PAM "."
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.BR PAM "."
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.br
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.BR password " - "
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@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ closing hook for modules to affect the services available to a user.
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.SH The configuration file(s)
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When a
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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aware privilege granting application is started, it activates its
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attachment to the PAM-API. This activation performs a number of
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tasks, the most important being the reading of the configuration file(s):
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@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ directory. This filename must be in lower case.
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.sp
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An important feature of
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.BR Linux-PAM ", "
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.BR PAM ", "
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is that a number of rules may be
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.I stacked
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to combine the services of a number of PAMs for a given authentication
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.BR /etc/pam.conf " - the configuration file"
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.br
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.BR /etc/pam.d/ " - the"
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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configuration directory. If this directory is present, the
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.B /etc/pam.conf
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file is ignored.
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.br
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.BR /usr/lib/libpam.so.X " - the dynamic library"
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.br
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.BR /usr/lib/security/*.so " - the PAMs
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.sp
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Note, to conform to the Linux File-system standard, the libraries and
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modules in your system may be located in
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.BR /lib " and " /lib/security
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respectively.
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.BR /usr/lib/pam_*.so " - the PAMs
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.SH ERRORS
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Typically errors generated by the
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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system of libraries, will be written to
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.BR syslog "(3)."
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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" $Id: pam_authenticate.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:39:59 morgan Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996-7 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_AUTHENTICATE 3 "1996 Dec 9" "Linux-PAM 0.55" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.TH PAM_AUTHENTICATE 3 "1996 Dec 9" "PAM 0.55" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_authenticate \- authenticate a user
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Use this function to authenticate an applicant user. It is linked
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.I dynamically
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to the authentication modules by
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.BR Linux-PAM ". "
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.BR PAM ". "
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It is the task of these module to perform such an authentication. The
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specific nature of the authentication is not the concern of the
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application.
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Following successful completion, the
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.BR name
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of the authenticated user will be present in the
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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item
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.BR PAM_USER ". "
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This item may be recovered with a call to
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.BR pam_strerror "(3). "
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Also, see the three
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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Guides, for
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.BR "System administrators" ", "
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.BR "module developers" ", "
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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" $Id: pam_chauthtok.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:42:23 morgan Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1997 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_CHAUTHTOK 3 "1997 Jan 4" "Linux-PAM 0.55" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.TH PAM_CHAUTHTOK 3 "1997 Jan 4" "PAM 0.55" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_chauthtok \- updating authentication tokens
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.br
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Note, the application should not pre-authenticate the user, as this is
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performed (if required) by the
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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framework.
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.br
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.br
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Also, see the three
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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Guides, for
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.BR "System administrators" ", "
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.BR "module developers" ", "
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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" $Id: pam_fail_delay.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:47:46 morgan Exp morgan $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1997 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_FAIL_DELAY 3 "1997 Jan 12" "Linux-PAM 0.56" "Programmers' Manual"
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.TH PAM_FAIL_DELAY 3 "1997 Jan 12" "PAM 0.56" "Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_fail_delay \- request a delay on failure
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.br
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To minimize the effectiveness of such attacks, it is desirable to
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introduce a random delay in a failed authentication process.
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.B Linux-PAM
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.B PAM
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provides such a facility. The delay occurs upon failure of the
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.BR pam_authenticate "(3) "
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and
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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" $Id: pam_open_session.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:49:02 morgan Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1997 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_OPEN_SESSION 3 "1997 Jan 4" "Linux-PAM 0.55" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.TH PAM_OPEN_SESSION 3 "1997 Jan 4" "PAM 0.55" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_open/close_session \- PAM session management
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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" $Id: pam_setcred.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:50:49 morgan Exp morgan $
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.\" $Id: pam_setcred.3,v 1.1.1.1 1998/07/09 22:10:18 jdp Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996,1997 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_SETCRED 3 "1997 July 6" "Linux-PAM 0.58" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.TH PAM_SETCRED 3 "1997 July 6" "PAM 0.58" "App. Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_setcred \- set the credentials for the user
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.BR pam_open_session "(3))."
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It should be noted that credentials come in many forms. Examples
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include: group memberships; ticket-files; and Linux-PAM environment
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include: group memberships; ticket-files; and PAM environment
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variables. For this reason, it is important that the basic identity
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of the user is established, by the application, prior to a call to
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this function. For example, the default
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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environment variables should be set and also
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.BR initgroups "(2) "
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(or equivalent) should have been performed.
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.\" Hey Emacs! This file is -*- nroff -*- source.
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.\" $Id: pam_start.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:51:54 morgan Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996-7 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_START 3 "1997 Feb 15" "Linux-PAM 0.56" "Application Programmers' Manual"
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.TH PAM_START 3 "1997 Feb 15" "PAM 0.56" "Application Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_start, pam_end \- activating Linux-PAM
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pam_start, pam_end \- activating PAM
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <security/pam_appl.h>
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.TP
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.B pam_start
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Initialize the
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.I Linux-PAM
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.I PAM
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library. Identifying the application with a particular
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.IR service
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name. The
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.IR conv
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argument. (For a complete description of this and other structures
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the reader is directed to the more verbose
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.IR Linux-PAM
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.IR PAM
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application developers' guide). Upon successful initialization, an
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opaque pointer-handle for future access to the library is returned
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through the contents of the
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.TP
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.B pam_end
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Terminate the
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.B Linux-PAM
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.B PAM
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library. The service application associated with the
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.IR pamh
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handle, is terminated. The argument,
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.\" ripped off from Rick Faith's getgroups man page
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.\" $Id: pam_strerror.3,v 1.2 1997/02/15 18:53:04 morgan Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) Andrew G. Morgan 1996-7 <morgan@parc.power.net>
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.TH PAM_STRERROR 3 "1997 Feb 15" "Linux-PAM 0.56" "Programmers' Manual"
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.TH PAM_STRERROR 3 "1997 Feb 15" "PAM 0.56" "Programmers' Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pam_strerror \- return a textual description of a Linux-PAM error
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pam_strerror \- return a textual description of a PAM error
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <security/pam_appl.h>
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.B pam_strerror
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This function returns a pointer to a line of text describing the
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.BR Linux-PAM
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.BR PAM
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error passed as its sole argument.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success this function returns a description of the indicated
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error. Should the function not recognize the error, ``Unknown
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Linux-PAM error'' is returned.
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PAM error'' is returned.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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DCE-RFC 86.0, October 1995.
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