pam_stack(8)						   System Administrator's Manual					      pam_stack(8)

NAME

       pam_stack - recurse into other PAM stacks

SYNOPSIS

       auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=foo
       session optional /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=foo
       password optional /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=foo
       account optional /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=foo

DESCRIPTION

       In  a  nutshell,  pam_stack  lets you "call", from inside of the stack for a particular service, the stack defined for any another service.
       The intention is to allow multiple services to "include" a system-wide setup, so that when that setup needs to be changed, it need only	be
       changed in one place.

ARGUMENTS

       debug  turns on debugging via syslog(3).

       service=name
	      tells pam_stack.so to execute the stack defined for the service name, which will usually be another file in /etc/pam.d.

EXAMPLE

       /etc/pam.d/imap:
       auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
       auth required /lib/security/pam_shells.so
       /etc/pam.d/system-auth:
       auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_krb5.so
       auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so shadow nullok
       auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so

CAVEAT

       Because recursion is fully supported, there is potential to really break things by having a stack call itself either directly or via mutual
       recursion.

BUGS

       Let's hope not, but if you find any, please email the author.

AUTHOR

       Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com>

Red Hat Linux							    2001/01/30							      pam_stack(8)