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+'\" t
+.\" Title: pam_localuser
+.\" 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_LOCALUSER" "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_localuser \- require users to be listed in /etc/passwd
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.HP \w'\fBpam_localuser\&.so\fR\ 'u
+\fBpam_localuser\&.so\fR [debug] [file=\fI/path/passwd\fR]
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+pam_localuser is a PAM module to help implementing site\-wide login policies, where they typically include a subset of the network\*(Aqs users and a few accounts that are local to a particular workstation\&. Using pam_localuser and pam_wheel or pam_listfile is an effective way to restrict access to either local users and/or a subset of the network\*(Aqs users\&.
+.PP
+This could also be implemented using pam_listfile\&.so and a very short awk script invoked by cron, but it\*(Aqs common enough to have been separated out\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+.PP
+\fBdebug\fR
+.RS 4
+Print debug information\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBfile=\fR\fB\fI/path/passwd\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+Use a file other than
+/etc/passwd\&.
+.RE
+.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
+.PP
+All module types (\fBaccount\fR,
+\fBauth\fR,
+\fBpassword\fR
+and
+\fBsession\fR) are provided\&.
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+.PP
+.PP
+PAM_SUCCESS
+.RS 4
+The new localuser was set successfully\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_SERVICE_ERR
+.RS 4
+No username was given\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
+.RS 4
+User not known\&.
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
+Add the following line to
+/etc/pam\&.d/su
+to allow only local users in group wheel to use su\&.
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.nf
+account sufficient pam_localuser\&.so
+account required pam_wheel\&.so
+
+.fi
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.sp
+.SH "FILES"
+.PP
+/etc/passwd
+.RS 4
+Local user account information\&.
+.RE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
+\fBpam.d\fR(5),
+\fBpam\fR(8)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+pam_localuser was written by Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat\&.com>\&.