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Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml b/modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml index b765e527..75ff862b 100644 --- a/modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml +++ b/modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml @@ -158,7 +158,15 @@ <listitem> <para> Turns on or off the reading of the user specific environment - file. 0 is off, 1 is on. By default this option is off. + file. 0 is off, 1 is on. By default this option is off as user + supplied environment variables in the PAM environment could affect + behavior of subsequent modules in the stack without the consent + of the system administrator. + </para> + <para> + Due to problematic security this functionality is deprecated + since the 1.5.0 version and will be removed completely at some + point in the future. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |