Additional Resources - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual

Chapter 15. Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)

15.8. Additional Resources

The following resources further explain methods to use and configure PAM. In addition to these
resources, read the PAM configuration files on the system to better understand how they are structured.
15.8.1. Installed Documentation
PAM related man pages — There are a number of man pages for the various applications and
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configuration files involved with PAM. The following is a list of some of the more important man
pages.
Configuration Files
— Good introductory information on PAM, including the structure and pur-
man pam
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pose of the PAM configuration files. Note that although this man page talks about the
/etc/pam.conf
Linux are in the
man pam_console
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describes the appropriate syntax for an entry within a PAM configuration file.
man console.apps
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/etc/security/console.apps
are accessible by the console user assigned by PAM.
man console.perms
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/etc/security/console.perms
assigned by PAM.
man pam_timestamp
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/usr/share/doc/pam- version-number
Module Writers' Manual, and the Application Developers' Manual, as well as a copy of the PAM
standard, DCE-RFC 86.0 (replace
• /usr/share/doc/pam- version-number /txts/README.pam_timestamp
information about the
the version number of PAM).
15.8.2. Useful Websites
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ — The primary distribution website for the Linux-PAM
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project, containing information on various PAM modules, a FAQ, and additional PAM documenta-
tion.
file, the actual configuration files for PAM under Red Hat Enterprise
directory.
/etc/pam.d/
— Describes the purpose of the
— Describes
the configuration file which defines which applications
— Describes the format and options available within
— Describes the
version-number with the version number of PAM).
pam_timestamp.so
pam_console.so
the format and
, the configuration file for the console user permissions
pam_timestamp.so
— Contains a System Administrators' Guide, a
PAM module (replace
module. It also
options available
module.
— Contains
version-number
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within
with