PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8) MidnightBSD 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, pam_login_access 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 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 login.access(5).

SEE ALSO

login.access(5), pam.conf(5), pam(8)

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.

MidnightBSD 0.3 January 24, 2002 MidnightBSD 0.3