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diff --git a/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_pwdb/README b/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_pwdb/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4f420855 --- /dev/null +++ b/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_pwdb/README @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +This is the pam_unix module. It has been significantly rewritten since +.51 was released (due mostly to the efforts of Cristian Gafton), and +now takes more options and correctly updates vanilla UNIX/shadow/md5 +passwords. + +[Please read the source and make a note of all the warnings there, as +the license suggests -- use at your own risk.] + +So far as I am concerned this module is now pretty stable. If you find +any bugs, PLEASE tell me! <morgan@linux.kernel.org> + +Options recognized by this module are as follows: + + debug - log more debugging info + audit - a little more extreme than debug + use_first_pass - don't prompt the user for passwords + take them from PAM_ items instead + try_first_pass - don't prompt the user for the passwords + unless PAM_(OLD)AUTHTOK is unset + use_authtok - like try_first_pass, but *fail* if the new + PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set. + (intended for stacking password modules only) + not_set_pass - don't set the PAM_ items with the passwords + used by this module. + shadow - try to maintian a shadow based system. + unix - when changing passwords, they are placed + in the /etc/passwd file + md5 - when a user changes their password next, + encrypt it with the md5 algorithm. + bigcrypt - when a user changes their password next, + excrypt it with the DEC C2-algorithm(0). + nodelay - used to prevent failed authentication + resulting in a delay of about 1 second. + +There is some support for building a shadow file on-the-fly from an +/etc/passwd file. This is VERY alpha. If you want to play with it you +should read the source to find the appropriate #define that you will +need. + +--------------------- +Andrew Morgan <morgan@linux.kernel.org> |