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PAM_SELF(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       PAM_SELF(8)

NAME
pam_self -- Self PAM module SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_self [options] DESCRIPTION
The Self authentication service module for PAM provides functionality for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the module-type parameter, this is the ``auth'' feature. Self Authentication Module 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. SEE ALSO
getuid(2), pam.conf(5), pam(8) AUTHORS
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. BSD
December 5, 2001 BSD

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PAM_FTPUSERS(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   PAM_FTPUSERS(8)

NAME
pam_ftpusers -- ftpusers PAM module SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_ftpusers [options] DESCRIPTION
The ftpusers service module for PAM, pam_ftpusers provides functionality for only one PAM category: account management. In terms of the module-type parameter, this is the ``account'' feature. Ftpusers Account Management Module The ftpusers account management component (pam_sm_acct_mgmt()), succeeds if and only if the user is listed in /etc/ftpusers. 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. disallow reverse the semantics; pam_ftpusers will succeed if and only if the user is not listed in /etc/ftpusers. SEE ALSO
ftpusers(5), pam.conf(5), pam(8) AUTHORS
The pam_ftpusers module and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Divi- sion of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. BSD
April 17, 2002 BSD
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