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diff --git a/modules/pam_group/README b/modules/pam_group/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d579b858 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_group/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ + +This is a help file for the pam_group module. It explains the need for +pam_group and also the syntax of the /etc/security/group.conf file. + +1. Introduction +=============== + +It is desirable to give extra privileges to a user running a specific +PAM aware application at various times of the day and on specific days +or over various terminal lines by adding this user to extra groups. + +The pam_group module is intended to offer a configurable module that +satisfies this purpose, within the context of Linux-PAM. + +2. the /etc/security/group.conf file +=================================== + +Its syntax is described in the sample group.conf file. + +unrecognised rules are ignored (but an error is logged to syslog(3)) + +-------------------- +Bugs to the list <pam-list@redhat.com> |