unix2_chkpwd(8) [suse man page]

UNIX2_CHKPWD(8) 						 Linux-PAM Manual						   UNIX2_CHKPWD(8)

NAME

       unix2_chkpwd - helper binary that verifies the password of the current user

SYNOPSIS

       /sbin/unix2_chkpwd servicename username

DESCRIPTION

       unix2_chkpwd  is  a  helper program for applications that verifies the password of the current user.  It is not intended to be run directly
       from the command line and logs a security violation if done so.

       It is typically installed setuid root or setgid shadow and called by applications, which only wishes to do  an  user  authentification  and
       nothing more.

OPTIONS

       unix2_pwdchk requires the following arguments:

       pam_service
	      The name of the service using unix2_chkpwd. This is required to be one of the services in /etc/pam.d

       username
	      The name of the user whose password you want to verify.

INPUTS

       unix2_pwdchk expects the password via stdin.

RETURN CODES

       unix2_chkpwd has the following return codes:

       1      unix2_chkpwd was inappropriately called from the command line or the password is incorrect.

       0      The password is correct.

HISTORY

       Written by Olaf Kirch loosely based on unix_chkpwd by Andrew Morgan

SEE ALSO

       pam(8)

AUTHOR

       Emily Ratliff.

Linux-PAM 0.76							    2003-03-21							   UNIX2_CHKPWD(8)

PAM_WARN(8)							 Linux-PAM Manual						       PAM_WARN(8)

NAME

       pam_warn - PAM module which logs all PAM items if called

SYNOPSIS

       pam_warn.so

DESCRIPTION

       pam_warn is a PAM module that logs the service, terminal, user, remote user and remote host to syslog(3). The items are not probed for, but
       instead obtained from the standard PAM items. The module always returns PAM_IGNORE, indicating that it does not want to affect the
       authentication process.

OPTIONS

       This module does not recognise any options.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

       The auth, account, password and session module types are provided.

RETURN VALUES

       PAM_IGNORE
	   This module always returns PAM_IGNORE.

EXAMPLES

	   #%PAM-1.0
	   #
	   # If we don't have config entries for a service, the
	   # OTHER entries are used. To be secure, warn and deny
	   # access to everything.
	   other auth	  required	 pam_warn.so
	   other auth	  required	 pam_deny.so
	   other account  required	 pam_warn.so
	   other account  required	 pam_deny.so
	   other password required	 pam_warn.so
	   other password required	 pam_deny.so
	   other session  required	 pam_warn.so
	   other session  required	 pam_deny.so

SEE ALSO

       pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)

AUTHOR

       pam_warn was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.

Linux-PAM Manual						    04/01/2010							       PAM_WARN(8)