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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers I need to make a constant variables to the root Post 302516664 by ahmedamer12 on Sunday 24th of April 2011 05:36:58 PM
Old 04-24-2011
I tried it too but it did not work as i want!! Smilie
 

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PAM_MAKE(8)							 Reference Manual						       PAM_MAKE(8)

NAME
pam_make - PAM module which calls make SYNOPSIS
pam_make.so [debug] [nosetuid] [make=prog] [log=file] /path/ [...] DESCRIPTION
pam_make is a PAM module that can be used to run make in a given directory. OPTIONS
debug Print debug information. log=file The output of make is appended to file nosetuid Per default pam_make.so will execute make with the effective user ID of the calling process. Specifying this option means make is run with the real user ID. make=prog The command prog is used instead of make. MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED
The services auth, account, password and session are supported. RETURN VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS The make command runs successfull. PAM_SERVICE_ERR No argument or a wrong number of arguments were given. PAM_SYSTEM_ERR A system error occured or the make command failed. PAM_IGNORE pam_setcred was called, which does not execute the make command. EXAMPLES
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/passwd to rebuild the NIS database after each local password change: passwd optional pam_make.so /var/yp This will execute the command: make -C /var/yp HISTORY
The first implementation of pam_make was written by Mihai Ibanescu <misa@dntis.ro>. SEE ALSO
pam.conf(5), pam.d(8), pam(8) AUTHOR
pam_make was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>. Reference Manual 10/25/2006 PAM_MAKE(8)
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