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PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8) |
System Manager's Manual |
PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8) |
NAME
pam_login_access — login.access PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_login_access [options]
DESCRIPTION
The login.access service module for PAM provides functionality for only one PAM category: account management. In terms of the
module-type parameter, this is the “
account” feature.
Login.access Account Management Module
The login.access account management component (pam_sm_acct_mgmt()), returns success if and only if the user is allowed to log in on the specified tty (in the case of a local login) or from the specified remote host (in the case of a remote login), according to the restrictions listed in /etc/login.access.
AUTHORS
The
login.access(5) access control scheme was designed and implemented by
Wietse Venema.
The pam_login_access module and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.