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diff --git a/modules/pam_pwhistory/README b/modules/pam_pwhistory/README index 161bebc7..b4868767 100644 --- a/modules/pam_pwhistory/README +++ b/modules/pam_pwhistory/README @@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ enforce_for_root remember=N - The last N passwords for each user are saved in /etc/security/opasswd. The - default is 10. Value of 0 makes the module to keep the existing contents of - the opasswd file unchanged. + The last N passwords for each user are saved. The default is 10. Value of 0 + makes the module to keep the existing contents of the opasswd file + unchanged. retry=N @@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ authtok_type=STRING See pam_get_authtok(3) for more details. +file=/path/filename + + Store password history in file /path/filename rather than the default + location. The default location is /etc/security/opasswd. + +conf=/path/to/config-file + + Use another configuration file instead of the default /etc/security/ + pwhistory.conf. + +The options for configuring the module behavior are described in the +pwhistory.conf(5) manual page. The options specified on the module command line +override the values from the configuration file. + EXAMPLES An example password section would be: |