summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml b/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml
index da7cfb70..7b4edbf2 100644
--- a/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml
+++ b/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml
@@ -306,9 +306,19 @@
<term>N (an unsigned integer)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- equivalent to ok with the side effect of jumping over the
- next N modules in the stack. Note that N equal to 0 is not
- allowed (and it would be identical to ok in such case).
+ jump over the next N modules in the stack.
+ Note that N equal to 0 is not allowed,
+ it would be treated as <emphasis>ignore</emphasis> in such case.
+ The side effect depends on the PAM function call:
+ for <emphasis>pam_authenticate</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis>pam_acct_mgmt</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis>pam_chauthtok</emphasis>, and
+ <emphasis>pam_open_session</emphasis>
+ it is <emphasis>ignore</emphasis>;
+ for <emphasis>pam_setcred</emphasis> and
+ <emphasis>pam_close_session</emphasis> it is
+ one of <emphasis>ignore</emphasis>, <emphasis>ok</emphasis>,
+ or <emphasis>bad</emphasis> depending on the module's return value.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>