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diff --git a/doc/pam_source.sgml b/doc/pam_source.sgml index 674404b4..2ea9a7c9 100644 --- a/doc/pam_source.sgml +++ b/doc/pam_source.sgml @@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ with one of two syntaxes. The simpler (and historical) syntax for the control-flag is a single keyword defined to indicate the severity of concern associated with the success or failure of a specific module. There are four such -keywords: <tt/required/, <tt/requisite/, <tt/sufficient/ and -<tt/optional/. +keywords: <tt/required/, <tt/requisite/, <tt/sufficient/, +<tt/optional/ and <tt/include/. <p> The Linux-PAM library interprets these keywords in the following @@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ determine the nature of the response to the application. One example of this latter case, is when the other modules return something like <tt/PAM_IGNORE/. +<item> <tt/include/; this tells PAM to include all lines of given type +from the configuration file specified as an argument to this control. +The whole idea is to create few "systemwide" pam configs and include +parts of them in application pam configs. + + </itemize> <p> |