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author | Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> | 2023-09-11 14:09:57 -0600 |
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committer | Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> | 2023-09-11 14:09:57 -0600 |
commit | e9aa2ef52a423a3a33299bf7e8715eb5bd76ea67 (patch) | |
tree | 8b1bd3f4fc01ef0261a13d75cf48be9002480aaf /modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory.conf.5 | |
parent | 99d0d1c5c4f07332daa86e73981267a761bc966e (diff) | |
parent | bf07335a19d6192adaf4b1a817d2101ee0bad134 (diff) |
New upstream version 1.5.3
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diff --git a/modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory.conf.5 b/modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ae57798f --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_pwhistory/pwhistory.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pwhistory.conf +.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 05/07/2023 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "PWHISTORY\&.CONF" "5" "05/07/2023" "Linux\-PAM" "Linux\-PAM Manual" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +pwhistory.conf \- pam_pwhistory configuration file +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBpwhistory\&.conf\fR +provides a way to configure the default settings for saving the last passwords for each user\&. This file is read by the +\fIpam_pwhistory\fR +module and is the preferred method over configuring +\fIpam_pwhistory\fR +directly\&. +.PP +The file has a very simple +\fIname = value\fR +format with possible comments starting with +\fI#\fR +character\&. The whitespace at the beginning of line, end of line, and around the +\fI=\fR +sign is ignored\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +debug +.RS 4 +Turns on debugging via +\fBsyslog\fR(3)\&. +.RE +.PP +enforce_for_root +.RS 4 +If this option is set, the check is enforced for root, too\&. +.RE +.PP +remember=N +.RS 4 +The last +\fIN\fR +passwords for each user are saved\&. The default is +\fI10\fR\&. Value of +\fI0\fR +makes the module to keep the existing contents of the +opasswd +file unchanged\&. +.RE +.PP +retry=N +.RS 4 +Prompt user at most +\fIN\fR +times before returning with error\&. The default is 1\&. +.RE +.PP +file=/path/filename +.RS 4 +Store password history in file +\fI/path/filename\fR +rather than the default location\&. The default location is +/etc/security/opasswd\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +/etc/security/pwhistory\&.conf file example: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +debug +remember=5 +file=/tmp/opasswd + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "FILES" +.PP +/etc/security/pwhistory\&.conf +.RS 4 +the config file for custom options +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpwhistory\fR(8), +\fBpam_pwhistory\fR(8), +\fBpam.conf\fR(5), +\fBpam.d\fR(5), +\fBpam\fR(8) +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +pam_pwhistory was written by Thorsten Kukuk\&. The support for pwhistory\&.conf was written by Iker Pedrosa\&. |