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.\" $NetBSD: pam.8,v 1.1 2005/03/02 02:56:25 thorpej Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Jason R. Thorpe.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd February 28, 2005
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.Dt PAM 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pam
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.Nd Pluggable Authentication Modules framework
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The Pluggable Authentication Modules
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.Pq PAM
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framework is a system of libraries that perform authentication tasks for
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services and applications.
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Applications that use the PAM API may have their authentication behavior
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configured by the system administrator though the use of the service's
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PAM configuration file.
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.Pp
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PAM modules provide four classes of functionality:
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.Bl -tag -width password
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.It account
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Account verification services such as password expiration and access control.
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.It auth
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Authentication services.
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This usually takes the form of a challenge-response conversation.
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However, PAM can also support, with appropriate hardware support, biometric
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devices, smart-cards, and so forth.
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.It password
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Password
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.Pq or, more generally, authentication token
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change and update services.
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.It session
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Session management services.
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These are tasks that are performed before access to a service is granted
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and after access to a service is withdrawn.
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These may include updating activity logs or setting up and tearing down
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credential forwarding agents.
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.El
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.Pp
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A primary feature of PAM is the notion of
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.Dq stacking
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different modules together to form a processing chain for the task.
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This allows fairly precise control over how a particular authentication
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task is performed, and under what conditions.
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PAM module configurations may also inhereit stacks from other module
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configurations, providing some degree of centralized administration.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr passwd 1 ,
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.Xr su 1 ,
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.Xr pam 3 ,
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.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
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.Xr pam_chroot 8 ,
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.Xr pam_deny 8 ,
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.Xr pam_echo 8 ,
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.Xr pam_exec 8 ,
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.Xr pam_ftpusers 8 ,
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.Xr pam_group 8 ,
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.Xr pam_guest 8 ,
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.Xr pam_krb5 8 ,
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.Xr pam_ksu 8 ,
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.Xr pam_lastlog 8 ,
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.Xr pam_login_access 8 ,
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.Xr pam_nologin 8 ,
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.Xr pam_permit 8 ,
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.Xr pam_radius 8 ,
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.Xr pam_rhosts 8 ,
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.Xr pam_rootok 8 ,
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.Xr pam_securetty 8 ,
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.Xr pam_self 8 ,
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.Xr pam_skey 8 ,
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.Xr pam_ssh 8 ,
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.Xr pam_unix 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The Pluggable Authentication Module framework was originally developed
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by SunSoft, described in DCE/OSF-RFC 86.0, and first deployed in Solaris 2.6.
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It was later incorporated into the X/Open Single Sign-On Service
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.Pq XSSO
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Pluggable Authentication Modules specifiation.
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.Pp
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The Pluggable Authentication Module framework first appeared in
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.Nx
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in
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.Nx 3.0 .
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