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diff --git a/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_rhosts/pam_rhosts.8 b/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_rhosts/pam_rhosts.8 index 0d7f4a16..23f03112 100644 --- a/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_rhosts/pam_rhosts.8 +++ b/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_rhosts/pam_rhosts.8 @@ -1,85 +1,95 @@ .\" Title: pam_rhosts .\" Author: -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.70.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/28/2006 -.\" Manual: Linux\-PAM Manual -.\" Source: Linux\-PAM Manual +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 01/08/2008 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual .\" -.TH "PAM_RHOSTS" "8" "06/28/2006" "Linux\-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" +.TH "PAM_RHOSTS" "8" "01/08/2008" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .SH "NAME" -pam_rhosts \- The rhosts PAM module +pam_rhosts - The rhosts PAM module .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP 14 -\fBpam_rhosts.so\fR +\fBpam_rhosts\.so\fR .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This module performs the standard network authentication for services, as used by traditional implementations of \fBrlogin\fR and \fBrsh\fR -etc. +etc\. .PP The authentication mechanism of this module is based on the contents of two files; -\fI/etc/hosts.equiv\fR +\fI/etc/hosts\.equiv\fR (or and -\fI~/.rhosts\fR. Firstly, hosts listed in the former file are treated as equivalent to the localhost. Secondly, entries in the user's own copy of the latter file is used to map "\fIremote\-host remote\-user\fR" pairs to that user's account on the current host. Access is granted to the user if their host is present in -\fI/etc/hosts.equiv\fR -and their remote account is identical to their local one, or if their remote account has an entry in their personal configuration file. +\fI~/\.rhosts\fR\. Firstly, hosts listed in the former file are treated as equivalent to the localhost\. Secondly, entries in the user\'s own copy of the latter file is used to map "\fIremote\-host remote\-user\fR" pairs to that user\'s account on the current host\. Access is granted to the user if their host is present in +\fI/etc/hosts\.equiv\fR +and their remote account is identical to their local one, or if their remote account has an entry in their personal configuration file\. .PP The module authenticates a remote user (internally specified by the item \fIPAM_RUSER\fR connecting from the remote host (internally specified by the item -\fBPAM_RHOST\fR). Accordingly, for applications to be compatible this authentication module they must set these items prior to calling -\fBpam_authenticate()\fR. The module is not capable of independently probing the network connection for such information. +\fBPAM_RHOST\fR)\. Accordingly, for applications to be compatible this authentication module they must set these items prior to calling +\fBpam_authenticate()\fR\. The module is not capable of independently probing the network connection for such information\. .SH "OPTIONS" -.TP 3n +.PP \fBdebug\fR -Print debug information. -.TP 3n +.RS 4 +Print debug information\. +.RE +.PP \fBsilent\fR -Don't print informative messages. -.TP 3n +.RS 4 +Don\'t print informative messages\. +.RE +.PP \fBsuperuser=\fR\fB\fIaccount\fR\fR +.RS 4 Handle \fIaccount\fR -as root. +as root\. +.RE .SH "MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED" .PP Only the \fBauth\fR -service is supported. +service is supported\. .SH "RETURN VALUES" -.TP 3n +.PP PAM_AUTH_ERR -The remote host, remote user name or the local user name couldn't be determined or access was denied by -\fI.rhosts\fR -file. -.TP 3n +.RS 4 +The remote host, remote user name or the local user name couldn\'t be determined or access was denied by +\fI\.rhosts\fR +file\. +.RE +.PP PAM_USER_UNKNOWN -User is not known to system. +.RS 4 +User is not known to system\. +.RE .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP To grant a remote user access by -\fI/etc/hosts.equiv\fR +\fI/etc/hosts\.equiv\fR or -\fI.rhosts\fR +\fI\.rhosts\fR for \fBrsh\fR add the following lines to -\fI/etc/pam.d/rsh\fR: +\fI/etc/pam\.d/rsh\fR: .sp -.RS 3n +.RS 4 .nf -#%PAM\-1.0 +#%PAM\-1\.0 # -auth required pam_rhosts.so -auth required pam_nologin.so -auth required pam_env.so -auth required pam_unix.so +auth required pam_rhosts\.so +auth required pam_nologin\.so +auth required pam_env\.so +auth required pam_unix\.so .fi .RE @@ -95,4 +105,4 @@ auth required pam_unix.so \fBpam\fR(8) .SH "AUTHOR" .PP -pam_rhosts was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de> +pam_rhosts was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk\.de> |