Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 273

Option Description
This option is enforced for all authentication methods unless
owcimomd.allow_anonymous is set to true.
Example
owcimomd.allowed_users = bcwhitely jkcarey jlanderson
owcimomd.authentication_module
Purpose
Specifies the authentication module that is used by owcimomd. This setting should be
an absolute path to the shared library containing the authentication module.
Syntax
owcimomd.authentication_module = path_filename
The following is the default path and filename for the authentication modules:
/usr/lib/openwbem/authentication/libpamauthentication.so
Example
owcimomd.authentication_module =
/usr/lib/openwbem/authentication/libpamauthentication.so
simple_auth.password_file
Purpose
Specifies the path to the password file when the simple authentication module is used.
This setting is disabled by default.
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