pam_self -- Self PAM module
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_self [options]
The Self authentication service module for PAM, pam_self provides functionality
for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the
module-type parameter, this is the ``auth'' feature.
Self Authentication Module [Toc] [Back]
The Self authentication component (pam_sm_authenticate()), returns success
if and only if the target user's user ID is identical with the current
real user ID. If the current real user ID is zero authentication
will fail, unless the allow_root option was specified.
The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
debug syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level.
no_warn suppress warning messages to the user. These messages
include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was
declined.
allow_root do not automatically fail if the current real user ID is 0.
getuid(2), pam.conf(5), pam(8)
The pam_self module and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD
Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of
Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
(``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
FreeBSD 5.2.1 December 5, 2001 FreeBSD 5.2.1 [ Back ] | 