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'\" t
.\" Title: pam
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 05/18/2018
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 06/08/2020
.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "PAM" "8" "05/18/2018" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM" "8" "06/08/2020" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ configuration file
directory\&. The presence of this directory will cause
\fBLinux\-PAM\fR
to
-\fIignore\fR/etc/pam\&.conf\&.
+\fIignore\fR
+/etc/pam\&.conf\&.
.PP
Vendor\-supplied PAM configuration files might be installed in the system directory
/usr/lib/pam\&.d/
-instead of the machine configuration directory
+or a configurable vendor specific directory instead of the machine configuration directory
/etc/pam\&.d/\&. If no machine configuration file is found, the vendor\-supplied file is used\&. All files in
/etc/pam\&.d/
-override files with the same name in
-/usr/lib/pam\&.d/\&.
+override files with the same name in other directories\&.
.PP
From the point of view of the system administrator, for whom this manual is provided, it is not of primary importance to understand the internal behavior of the
\fBLinux\-PAM\fR
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ vendor configuration directory\&. Files in
/etc/pam\&.d
override files with the same name in this directory\&.
.RE
+.PP
+<vendordir>/pam\&.d
+.RS 4
+the
+\fBLinux\-PAM\fR
+vendor configuration directory\&. Files in
+/etc/pam\&.d
+and
+/usr/lib/pam\&.d
+override files with the same name in this directory\&. Only available if Linux\-PAM was compiled with vendordir enabled\&.
+.RE
.SH "ERRORS"
.PP
Typically errors generated by the