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+'\" t
+.\" Title: pam_echo
+.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 09/19/2013
+.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "PAM_ECHO" "8" "09/19/2013" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+pam_echo \- PAM module for printing text messages
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBpam_echo\&.so\fR\ 'u
+\fBpam_echo\&.so\fR [file=\fI/path/message\fR]
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+The
+\fIpam_echo\fR
+PAM module is for printing text messages to inform user about special things\&. Sequences starting with the
+\fI%\fR
+character are interpreted in the following way:
+.PP
+\fI%H\fR
+.RS 4
+The name of the remote host (PAM_RHOST)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fI%h\fR
+.RS 4
+The name of the local host\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fI%s\fR
+.RS 4
+The service name (PAM_SERVICE)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fI%t\fR
+.RS 4
+The name of the controlling terminal (PAM_TTY)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fI%U\fR
+.RS 4
+The remote user name (PAM_RUSER)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fI%u\fR
+.RS 4
+The local user name (PAM_USER)\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+All other sequences beginning with
+\fI%\fR
+expands to the characters following the
+\fI%\fR
+character\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fBfile=\fR\fB\fI/path/message\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+The content of the file
+/path/message
+will be printed with the PAM conversion function as PAM_TEXT_INFO\&.
+.RE
+.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
+.PP
+All module types (\fBauth\fR,
+\fBaccount\fR,
+\fBpassword\fR
+and
+\fBsession\fR) are provided\&.
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+.PP
+PAM_BUF_ERR
+.RS 4
+Memory buffer error\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_SUCCESS
+.RS 4
+Message was successful printed\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_IGNORE
+.RS 4
+PAM_SILENT flag was given or message file does not exist, no message printed\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
+For an example of the use of this module, we show how it may be used to print information about good passwords:
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+password optional pam_echo\&.so file=/usr/share/doc/good\-password\&.txt
+password required pam_unix\&.so
+
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.sp
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBpam.conf\fR(8),
+\fBpam.d\fR(5),
+\fBpam\fR(8)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk\&.de>