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

NAME
pam_rootok -- RootOK PAM module SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_rootok [options] DESCRIPTION
The RootOK 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. It also provides a null function for session management. RootOK Authentication Module The RootOK authentication component (pam_sm_authenticate()), always returns success for the superuser; i.e., if getuid(2) returns 0. 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. SEE ALSO
getuid(2), pam.conf(5), pam(8) BSD
July 8, 2001 BSD

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

NAME
pam_securetty -- SecureTTY PAM module SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_securetty [options] DESCRIPTION
The SecureTTY service module for PAM, pam_securetty provides functionality for only one PAM category: account management. In terms of the module-type parameter, this is the ``account'' feature. It also provides null functions for authentication and session management. SecureTTY Account Management Module The SecureTTY account management component (pam_sm_acct_mgmt()), returns failure if the user is attempting to authenticate as superuser, and the process is attached to an insecure TTY. In all other cases, the module returns success. A TTY is considered secure if it is listed in /etc/ttys and has the TTY_SECURE flag set. 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. SEE ALSO
getttynam(3), syslog(3), pam.conf(5), ttys(5), pam(8) BSD
July 8, 2001 BSD
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