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2# This is the configuration file for pam_env, a PAM module to load in
3# a configurable list of environment variables for a
4#
5# The original idea for this came from Andrew G. Morgan ...
6#<quote>
7# Mmm. Perhaps you might like to write a pam_env module that reads a
8# default environment from a file? I can see that as REALLY
9# useful... Note it would be an "auth" module that returns PAM_IGNORE
10# for the auth part and sets the environment returning PAM_SUCCESS in
11# the setcred function...
12#</quote>
13#
14# What I wanted was the REMOTEHOST variable set, purely for selfish
15# reasons, and AGM didn't want it added to the SimpleApps login
16# program (which is where I added the patch). So, my first concern is
17# that variable, from there there are numerous others that might/would
18# be useful to be set: NNTPSERVER, LESS, PATH, PAGER, MANPAGER .....
19#
20# Of course, these are a different kind of variable than REMOTEHOST in
21# that they are things that are likely to be configured by
22# administrators rather than set by logging in, how to treat them both
23# in the same config file?
24#
25# Here is my idea:
26#
27# Each line starts with the variable name, there are then two possible
28# options for each variable DEFAULT and OVERRIDE.
29# DEFAULT allows and administrator to set the value of the
30# variable to some default value, if none is supplied then the empty
31# string is assumed. The OVERRIDE option tells pam_env that it should
32# enter in its value (overriding the default value) if there is one
33# to use. OVERRIDE is not used, "" is assumed and no override will be
34# done.
35#
36# VARIABLE [DEFAULT=[value]] [OVERRIDE=[value]]
37#
38# (Possibly non-existent) environment variables may be used in values
39# using the ${string} syntax and (possibly non-existent) PAM_ITEMs may
40# be used in values using the @{string} syntax. Both the $ and @
41# characters can be backslash escaped to be used as literal values
42# values can be delimited with "", escaped " not supported.
43# Note that many environment variables that you would like to use
44# may not be set by the time the module is called.
45# For example, HOME is used below several times, but
46# many PAM applications don't make it available by the time you need it.
47#
48#
49# First, some special variables
50#
51# Set the REMOTEHOST variable for any hosts that are remote, default
52# to "localhost" rather than not being set at all
53#REMOTEHOST DEFAULT=localhost OVERRIDE=@{PAM_RHOST}
54#
55# Set the DISPLAY variable if it seems reasonable
56#DISPLAY DEFAULT=${REMOTEHOST}:0.0 OVERRIDE=${DISPLAY}
57#
58#
59# Now some simple variables
60#
61#PAGER DEFAULT=less
62#MANPAGER DEFAULT=less
63#LESS DEFAULT="M q e h15 z23 b80"
64#NNTPSERVER DEFAULT=localhost
65#PATH DEFAULT=${HOME}/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin\
66#:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/X11:/usr/bin/X11
67#
68# silly examples of escaped variables, just to show how they work.
69#
70#DOLLAR DEFAULT=\$
71#DOLLARDOLLAR DEFAULT= OVERRIDE=\$${DOLLAR}
72#DOLLARPLUS DEFAULT=\${REMOTEHOST}${REMOTEHOST}
73#ATSIGN DEFAULT="" OVERRIDE=\@
74PATH DEFAULT=/bin:/usr/bin OVERRIDE=${PATH}