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authorTomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>2020-04-29 12:57:07 +0200
committerTomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>2020-04-30 09:42:45 +0200
commit5a22e3d0ba3f6632a0bc1fdf3d21202cc8e15de1 (patch)
treee3caff8cfcba5aa74f641e649ada9aceec56ae8b /modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
parent925af12f8a6ba0702c4b09659a7ec9a4eea05d36 (diff)
pam_faillock: Add conf option to use a different config file
Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml')
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml20
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml b/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
index 899d8634..d7f2a3ce 100644
--- a/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_faillock/pam_faillock.8.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
preauth|authfail|authsucc
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
+ conf=<replaceable>/path/to/config-file</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">
dir=<replaceable>/path/to/tally-directory</replaceable>
</arg>
<arg choice="opt">
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@
<refsect1 id="pam_faillock-options">
<title>OPTIONS</title>
- <variablelist>
+ <variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>{preauth|authfail|authsucc}</option>
@@ -126,6 +129,17 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>conf=/path/to/config-file</option>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use another configuration file instead of the default
+ <filename>/etc/security/faillock.conf</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
The options for configuring the module behavior are described in the
@@ -179,7 +193,7 @@
<title>NOTES</title>
<para>
Configuring options on the module command line is not recommend. The
- <emphasis>/etc/security/faillock.conf</emphasis> should be used instead.
+ <filename>/etc/security/faillock.conf</filename> should be used instead.
</para>
<para>
The setup of <emphasis>pam_faillock</emphasis> in the PAM stack is different
@@ -218,7 +232,7 @@
the authentication without even asking for password in such case.
</para>
<para>
- /etc/security/faillock.conf file example:
+ <filename>/etc/security/faillock.conf</filename> file example:
</para>
<programlisting>
deny=4