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diff --git a/Linux-PAM/doc/modules/pam_nologin.sgml b/Linux-PAM/doc/modules/pam_nologin.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 241c24f0..00000000 --- a/Linux-PAM/doc/modules/pam_nologin.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -<!-- - $Id: pam_nologin.sgml,v 1.3 2002/06/27 05:43:28 agmorgan Exp $ - - This file was written by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com> ---> - -<sect1>The no-login module - -<sect2>Synopsis - -<p> -<descrip> - -<tag><bf>Module Name:</bf></tag> -<tt/pam_nologin/ - -<tag><bf>Author:</bf></tag> -Written by Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com><newline> - -<tag><bf>Maintainer:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Management groups provided:</bf></tag> -account; authentication - -<tag><bf>Cryptographically sensitive:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Security rating:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Clean code base:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>System dependencies:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Network aware:</bf></tag> - -</descrip> - -<sect2>Overview of module - -<p> -Provides standard Unix <em/nologin/ authentication. - -<sect2>Authentication component - -<p> -<descrip> - -<tag><bf>Recognized arguments:</bf></tag> -successok, file=<<em/filename/> - -<tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag> - -Provides standard Unix <em/nologin/ authentication. If the file -<tt>/etc/nologin</tt> exists, only root is allowed to log in; other -users are turned away with an error message (and the module returns -<tt/PAM_AUTH_ERR/ or <tt/PAM_USER_UNKNOWN/). All users (root or -otherwise) are shown the contents of <tt>/etc/nologin</tt>. - -<p> -If the file <tt>/etc/nologin</tt> does not exist, this module defaults -to returning <tt/PAM_IGNORE/, but the <tt/successok/ module argument -causes it to return <tt/PAM_SUCCESS/ in this case. - -<p> -The administrator can override the default nologin file with the -<tt/file=/<em/pathname/ module argument. - -<tag><bf>Examples/suggested usage:</bf></tag> - -In order to make this module effective, all login methods should be -secured by it. It should be used as a <tt>required</tt> method listed -before any <tt>sufficient</tt> methods in order to get standard Unix -nologin semantics. Note, the use of <tt/successok/ module argument -causes the module to return <tt/PAM_SUCCESS/ and as such would break -such a configuration - failing <tt/sufficient/ modules would lead to a -successful login because the nologin module <em/succeeded/. - -</descrip> - -<!-- -End of sgml insert for this module. ---> |