pam/man/system-auth.5

   1 .TH SYSTEM-AUTH 5 "2010 Dec 22" "Red Hat" "Linux-PAM Manual"
   2 .SH NAME
   3
   4 system-auth \- Common configuration file for PAMified services
   5
   6 .SH SYNOPSIS
   7 .B /etc/pam.d/system-auth
   8 .B /etc/pam.d/password-auth
   9 .B /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth
  10 .B /etc/pam.d/smartcard-auth
  11 .sp 2
  12 .SH DESCRIPTION
  13
  14 The purpose of these configuration files are to provide a common
  15 interface for all applications and service daemons calling into
  16 the PAM library.
  17
  18 .sp
  19 The
  20 .BR system-auth
  21 configuration file is included from nearly all individual service configuration
  22 files with the help of the
  23 .BR substack
  24 directive.
  25
  26 .sp
  27 The
  28 .BR password-auth
  29 .BR fingerprint-auth
  30 .BR smartcard-auth
  31 configuration files are for applications which handle authentication from
  32 different types of devices via simultaneously running individual conversations
  33 instead of one aggregate conversation.
  34
  35 .SH NOTES
  36 Previously these common configuration files were included with the help
  37 of the
  38 .BR include
  39 directive. This limited the use of the different action types of modules.
  40 With the use of
  41 .BR substack
  42 directive to include these common configuration files this limitation
  43 no longer applies.
  44
  45 .SH BUGS
  46 .sp 2
  47 None known.
  48
  49 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  50 pam(8), config-util(5), postlogin(5)
  51
  52 The three
  53 .BR Linux-PAM
  54 Guides, for
  55 .BR "system administrators" ", "
  56 .BR "module developers" ", "
  57 and
  58 .BR "application developers" ". "