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authorSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>2019-01-03 16:15:40 -0800
committerSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>2019-01-03 17:00:25 -0800
commit9727ff2a3fa0e94a42b34a579027bacf4146d571 (patch)
tree893f3d050906e7cb2284f97cf4577bb5e8ccbb60 /Linux-PAM/modules/pam_userdb
parent281e859131adad49301befbc50cfc5cd282c6937 (diff)
parentb2661a54ac276d20268dba45b4e025d58458241e (diff)
New upstream version 0.99.10.0
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-rw-r--r--Linux-PAM/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.8126
1 files changed, 79 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.8 b/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.8
index b1ad6677..c4a908f3 100644
--- a/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.8
+++ b/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_userdb/pam_userdb.8
@@ -1,94 +1,126 @@
.\" Title: pam_userdb
.\" Author:
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.70.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 06/07/2006
-.\" Manual: Linux\-PAM Manual
-.\" Source: Linux\-PAM Manual
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 01/08/2008
+.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
.\"
-.TH "PAM_USERDB" "8" "06/07/2006" "Linux\-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM_USERDB" "8" "01/08/2008" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
.\" disable hyphenation
.nh
.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
.ad l
.SH "NAME"
-pam_userdb \- PAM module to authenticate against a db database
+pam_userdb - PAM module to authenticate against a db database
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 14
-\fBpam_userdb.so\fR db=\fI/path/database\fR [debug] [crypt=[crypt|none]] [icase] [dump] [try_first_pass] [use_first_pass] [unknown_ok] [key_only]
+\fBpam_userdb\.so\fR db=\fI/path/database\fR [debug] [crypt=[crypt|none]] [icase] [dump] [try_first_pass] [use_first_pass] [unknown_ok] [key_only]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-The pam_userdb module is used to verify a username/password pair against values stored in a Berkeley DB database. The database is indexed by the username, and the data fields corresponding to the username keys are the passwords.
+The pam_userdb module is used to verify a username/password pair against values stored in a Berkeley DB database\. The database is indexed by the username, and the data fields corresponding to the username keys are the passwords\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
-.TP 3n
+.PP
\fBcrypt=[crypt|none]\fR
-Indicates whether encrypted or plaintext passwords are stored in the database. If it is
+.RS 4
+Indicates whether encrypted or plaintext passwords are stored in the database\. If it is
\fBcrypt\fR, passwords should be stored in the database in
\fBcrypt\fR(3)
-form. If
+form\. If
\fBnone\fR
-is selected, passwords should be stored in the database as plaintext.
-.TP 3n
+is selected, passwords should be stored in the database as plaintext\.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBdb=\fR\fB\fI/path/database\fR\fR
+.RS 4
Use the
\fI/path/database\fR
-database for performing lookup. There is no default; the module will return
+database for performing lookup\. There is no default; the module will return
\fBPAM_IGNORE\fR
-if no database is provided.
-.TP 3n
+if no database is provided\.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBdebug\fR
-Print debug information.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Print debug information\.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBdump\fR
-Dump all the entries in the database to the log. Don't do this by default!
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Dump all the entries in the database to the log\. Don\'t do this by default!
+.RE
+.PP
\fBicase\fR
-Make the password verification to be case insensitive (ie when working with registration numbers and such). Only works with plaintext password storage.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Make the password verification to be case insensitive (ie when working with registration numbers and such)\. Only works with plaintext password storage\.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBtry_first_pass\fR
-Use the authentication token previously obtained by another module that did the conversation with the application. If this token can not be obtained then the module will try to converse. This option can be used for stacking different modules that need to deal with the authentication tokens.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Use the authentication token previously obtained by another module that did the conversation with the application\. If this token can not be obtained then the module will try to converse\. This option can be used for stacking different modules that need to deal with the authentication tokens\.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBuse_first_pass\fR
-Use the authentication token previously obtained by another module that did the conversation with the application. If this token can not be obtained then the module will fail. This option can be used for stacking different modules that need to deal with the authentication tokens.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Use the authentication token previously obtained by another module that did the conversation with the application\. If this token can not be obtained then the module will fail\. This option can be used for stacking different modules that need to deal with the authentication tokens\.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBunknown_ok\fR
-Do not return error when checking for a user that is not in the database. This can be used to stack more than one pam_userdb module that will check a username/password pair in more than a database.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Do not return error when checking for a user that is not in the database\. This can be used to stack more than one pam_userdb module that will check a username/password pair in more than a database\.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBkey_only\fR
-The username and password are concatenated together in the database hash as 'username\-password' with a random value. if the concatenation of the username and password with a dash in the middle returns any result, the user is valid. this is useful in cases where the username may not be unique but the username and password pair are.
+.RS 4
+The username and password are concatenated together in the database hash as \'username\-password\' with a random value\. if the concatenation of the username and password with a dash in the middle returns any result, the user is valid\. this is useful in cases where the username may not be unique but the username and password pair are\.
+.RE
.SH "MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED"
.PP
The services
\fBauth\fR
and
\fBaccount\fR
-are supported.
+are supported\.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
-.TP 3n
+.PP
PAM_AUTH_ERR
-Authentication failure.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Authentication failure\.
+.RE
+.PP
PAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR
-Authentication information cannot be recovered.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Authentication information cannot be recovered\.
+.RE
+.PP
PAM_BUF_ERR
-Memory buffer error.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Memory buffer error\.
+.RE
+.PP
PAM_CONV_ERR
-Conversation failure.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Conversation failure\.
+.RE
+.PP
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
-Error in service module.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Error in service module\.
+.RE
+.PP
PAM_SUCCESS
-Success.
-.TP 3n
+.RS 4
+Success\.
+.RE
+.PP
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
-User not known to the underlying authentication module.
+.RS 4
+User not known to the underlying authentication module\.
+.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.sp
-.RS 3n
+.RS 4
.nf
-auth sufficient pam_userdb.so icase db=/etc/dbtest.db
+auth sufficient pam_userdb\.so icase db=/etc/dbtest\.db
.fi
.RE
@@ -101,4 +133,4 @@ auth sufficient pam_userdb.so icase db=/etc/dbtest.db
\fBpam\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
-pam_userdb was written by Cristian Gafton >gafton@redhat.com<.
+pam_userdb was written by Cristian Gafton >gafton@redhat\.com<\.