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diff --git a/modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 b/modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c9715933 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pam_keyinit +.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 04/01/2016 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "PAM_KEYINIT" "8" "04/01/2016" "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_keyinit \- Kernel session keyring initialiser module +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBpam_keyinit\&.so\fR\ 'u +\fBpam_keyinit\&.so\fR [debug] [force] [revoke] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +The pam_keyinit PAM module ensures that the invoking process has a session keyring other than the user default session keyring\&. +.PP +The session component of the module checks to see if the process\*(Aqs session keyring is the user default, and, if it is, creates a new anonymous session keyring with which to replace it\&. +.PP +If a new session keyring is created, it will install a link to the user common keyring in the session keyring so that keys common to the user will be automatically accessible through it\&. +.PP +The session keyring of the invoking process will thenceforth be inherited by all its children unless they override it\&. +.PP +This module is intended primarily for use by login processes\&. Be aware that after the session keyring has been replaced, the old session keyring and the keys it contains will no longer be accessible\&. +.PP +This module should not, generally, be invoked by programs like +\fBsu\fR, since it is usually desirable for the key set to percolate through to the alternate context\&. The keys have their own permissions system to manage this\&. +.PP +This module should be included as early as possible in a PAM configuration, so that other PAM modules can attach tokens to the keyring\&. +.PP +The keyutils package is used to manipulate keys more directly\&. This can be obtained from: +.PP +\m[blue]\fBKeyutils\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2 +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +\fBdebug\fR +.RS 4 +Log debug information with +\fBsyslog\fR(3)\&. +.RE +.PP +\fBforce\fR +.RS 4 +Causes the session keyring of the invoking process to be replaced unconditionally\&. +.RE +.PP +\fBrevoke\fR +.RS 4 +Causes the session keyring of the invoking process to be revoked when the invoking process exits if the session keyring was created for this process in the first place\&. +.RE +.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED" +.PP +Only the +\fBsession\fR +module type is provided\&. +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +PAM_SUCCESS +.RS 4 +This module will usually return this value +.RE +.PP +PAM_AUTH_ERR +.RS 4 +Authentication failure\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_BUF_ERR +.RS 4 +Memory buffer error\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_IGNORE +.RS 4 +The return value should be ignored by PAM dispatch\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_SERVICE_ERR +.RS 4 +Cannot determine the user name\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_SESSION_ERR +.RS 4 +This module will return this value if its arguments are invalid or if a system error such as ENOMEM occurs\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_USER_UNKNOWN +.RS 4 +User not known\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +Add this line to your login entries to start each login session with its own session keyring: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +session required pam_keyinit\&.so + +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.PP +This will prevent keys from one session leaking into another session for the same user\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpam.conf\fR(5), +\fBpam.d\fR(5), +\fBpam\fR(8)\fBkeyctl\fR(1) +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +pam_keyinit was written by David Howells, <dhowells@redhat\&.com>\&. +.SH "NOTES" +.IP " 1." 4 +Keyutils +.RS 4 +\%http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/ +.RE |