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authorSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>2019-01-03 21:22:21 -0800
committerSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>2019-01-03 21:22:45 -0800
commit795badba7f95e737f979917859cd32c9bd47bcad (patch)
tree212a6a00baa11e9d0ca7bc27b12420d1dce6f07c /modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8
parentc55c14c5c6762139ec6695d84ea0e2e917da5264 (diff)
parentba315ae8effdcad591608c99452dad05c4cf20ab (diff)
New upstream version 1.1.8
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diff --git a/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8 b/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8
index 56220bc3..2465cc6a 100644
--- a/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8
+++ b/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8
@@ -1,161 +1,22 @@
+'\" t
.\" Title: pam_tally
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 10/27/2010
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 09/19/2013
.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "PAM_TALLY" "8" "10/27/2010" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM_TALLY" "8" "09/19/2013" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
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+.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -166,17 +27,13 @@
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.SH "Name"
+.SH "NAME"
pam_tally \- The login counter (tallying) module
-.SH "Synopsis"
-.fam C
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBpam_tally\&.so\fR\ 'u
\fBpam_tally\&.so\fR [file=\fI/path/to/counter\fR] [onerr=[\fIfail\fR|\fIsucceed\fR]] [magic_root] [even_deny_root_account] [deny=\fIn\fR] [lock_time=\fIn\fR] [unlock_time=\fIn\fR] [per_user] [no_lock_time] [no_reset] [audit] [silent] [no_log_info]
-.fam
-.fam C
.HP \w'\fBpam_tally\fR\ 'u
\fBpam_tally\fR [\-\-file\ \fI/path/to/counter\fR] [\-\-user\ \fIusername\fR] [\-\-reset[=\fIn\fR]] [\-\-quiet]
-.fam
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This module maintains a count of attempted accesses, can reset count on success, can deny access if too many attempts fail\&.
@@ -188,7 +45,7 @@ pam_tally comes in two parts:
and
\fBpam_tally\fR\&. The former is the PAM module and the latter, a stand\-alone program\&.
\fBpam_tally\fR
-is an (optional) application which can be used to interrogate and manipulate the counter file\&. It can display users\' counts, set individual counts, or clear all counts\&. Setting artificially high counts may be useful for blocking users without changing their passwords\&. For example, one might find it useful to clear all counts every midnight from a cron job\&. The
+is an (optional) application which can be used to interrogate and manipulate the counter file\&. It can display users\*(Aq counts, set individual counts, or clear all counts\&. Setting artificially high counts may be useful for blocking users without changing their passwords\&. For example, one might find it useful to clear all counts every midnight from a cron job\&. The
\fBfaillog\fR(8)
command can be used instead of pam_tally to to maintain the counter file\&.
.PP
@@ -196,7 +53,7 @@ Normally, failed attempts to access
\fIroot\fR
will
\fBnot\fR
-cause the root account to become blocked, to prevent denial\-of\-service: if your users aren\'t given shell accounts and root may only login via
+cause the root account to become blocked, to prevent denial\-of\-service: if your users aren\*(Aqt given shell accounts and root may only login via
\fBsu\fR
or at the machine console (not telnet/rsh, etc), this is safe\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
@@ -221,7 +78,7 @@ is given, else with the corresponding PAM error code\&.
\fBfile=\fR\fB\fI/path/to/counter\fR\fR
.RS 4
File where to keep counts\&. Default is
-\FC/var/log/faillog\F[]\&.
+/var/log/faillog\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBaudit\fR
@@ -231,12 +88,12 @@ Will log the user name into the system log if the user is not found\&.
.PP
\fBsilent\fR
.RS 4
-Don\'t print informative messages\&.
+Don\*(Aqt print informative messages\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBno_log_info\fR
.RS 4
-Don\'t log informative messages via
+Don\*(Aqt log informative messages via
\fBsyslog\fR(3)\&.
.RE
.RE
@@ -276,13 +133,13 @@ If the module is invoked by a user with uid=0 the counter is not incremented\&.
\fBno_lock_time\fR
.RS 4
Do not use the \&.fail_locktime field in
-\FC/var/log/faillog\F[]
+/var/log/faillog
for this user\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBno_reset\fR
.RS 4
-Don\'t reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&.
+Don\*(Aqt reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBeven_deny_root_account\fR
@@ -293,7 +150,7 @@ Root account can become unavailable\&.
\fBper_user\fR
.RS 4
If
-\FC/var/log/faillog\F[]
+/var/log/faillog
contains a non\-zero \&.fail_max/\&.fail_locktime field for this user then use it instead of
\fBdeny=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR/
\fBlock_time=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR
@@ -302,8 +159,8 @@ parameter\&.
.PP
\fBno_lock_time\fR
.RS 4
-Don\'t use \&.fail_locktime filed in
-\FC/var/log/faillog\F[]
+Don\*(Aqt use \&.fail_locktime filed in
+/var/log/faillog
for this user\&.
.RE
.RE
@@ -312,7 +169,7 @@ ACCOUNT OPTIONS
.RS 4
Account phase resets attempts counter if the user is
\fBnot\fR
-magic root\&. This phase can be used optionally for services which don\'t call
+magic root\&. This phase can be used optionally for services which don\*(Aqt call
\fBpam_setcred\fR(3)
correctly or if the reset should be done regardless of the failure of the account phase of other modules\&.
.PP
@@ -324,7 +181,7 @@ If the module is invoked by a user with uid=0 the counter is not incremented\&.
.PP
\fBno_reset\fR
.RS 4
-Don\'t reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&.
+Don\*(Aqt reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&.
.RE
.RE
.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
@@ -353,9 +210,9 @@ User not known\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Add the following line to
-\FC/etc/pam\&.d/login\F[]
+/etc/pam\&.d/login
to lock the account after too many failed logins\&. The number of allowed fails is specified by
-\FC/var/log/faillog\F[]
+/var/log/faillog
and needs to be set with pam_tally or
\fBfaillog\fR(8)
before\&.
@@ -363,15 +220,7 @@ before\&.
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
-.fam C
-.ps -1
.nf
-.if t \{\
-.sp -1
-.\}
-.BB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline
-.sp -1
-
auth required pam_securetty\&.so
auth required pam_tally\&.so per_user
auth required pam_env\&.so
@@ -384,25 +233,18 @@ session required pam_unix\&.so
session required pam_lastlog\&.so nowtmp
session optional pam_mail\&.so standard
-.EB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline
-.if t \{\
-.sp 1
-.\}
.fi
-.fam
-.ps +1
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "FILES"
.PP
-\FC/var/log/faillog\F[]
+/var/log/faillog
.RS 4
failure logging file
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-
\fBfaillog\fR(8),
\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
\fBpam.d\fR(5),