PAM_LOCALUSER
NAME
pam_localuser − require users to be listed in
/etc/passwd
SYNOPSIS
pam_localuser.so [debug] [file=/path/passwd] |
DESCRIPTION
pam_localuser is a PAM module to help implementing site−wide login policies, where they typically include a subset of the network´s users and a few accounts that are local to a particular workstation. Using pam_localuser and pam_wheel or pam_listfile is an effective way to restrict access to either local users and/or a subset of the network´s users.
This could also be implemented using pam_listfile.so and a very short awk script invoked by cron, but it´s common enough to have been separated out.
OPTIONS
debug
Print debug information.
file=/path/passwd
Use a file other than /etc/passwd.
MODULE TYPES
PROVIDED
All module types (account, auth,
password and session) are
provided.
RETURN
VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS
The new localuser was set successfully.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
No username was given.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
User not known.
EXAMPLES
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/su to allow only local
users in group wheel to use su.
account
sufficient pam_localuser.so
account required pam_wheel.so
FILES
/etc/passwd
Local user account information.
SEE
ALSO
pam.conf(5),
pam.d(5), pam(8)
AUTHOR
pam_localuser was written by Nalin Dahyabhai
<nalin@redhat.com>.
