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diff --git a/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 b/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c4e26029 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 @@ -0,0 +1,262 @@ +.\" Title: pam_rootok +.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 10/27/2010 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "PAM_ROOTOK" "8" "10/27/2010" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * (re)Define some macros +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" toupper - uppercase a string (locale-aware) +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.de toupper +.tr aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ +\\$* +.tr aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz +.. +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" SH-xref - format a cross-reference to an SH section +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.de SH-xref +.ie n \{\ +.\} +.toupper \\$* +.el \{\ +\\$* +.\} +.. +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" SH - level-one heading that works better for non-TTY output +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.de1 SH +.\" put an extra blank line of space above the head in non-TTY output +.if t \{\ +.sp 1 +.\} +.sp \\n[PD]u +.nr an-level 1 +.set-an-margin +.nr an-prevailing-indent \\n[IN] +.fi +.in \\n[an-margin]u +.ti 0 +.HTML-TAG ".NH \\n[an-level]" +.it 1 an-trap +.nr an-no-space-flag 1 +.nr an-break-flag 1 +\." make the size of the head bigger +.ps +3 +.ft B +.ne (2v + 1u) +.ie n \{\ +.\" if n (TTY output), use uppercase +.toupper \\$* +.\} +.el \{\ +.nr an-break-flag 0 +.\" if not n (not TTY), use normal case (not uppercase) +\\$1 +.in \\n[an-margin]u +.ti 0 +.\" if not n (not TTY), put a border/line under subheading +.sp -.6 +\l'\n(.lu' +.\} +.. +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" SS - level-two heading that works better for non-TTY output +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.de1 SS +.sp \\n[PD]u +.nr an-level 1 +.set-an-margin +.nr an-prevailing-indent \\n[IN] +.fi +.in \\n[IN]u +.ti \\n[SN]u +.it 1 an-trap +.nr an-no-space-flag 1 +.nr an-break-flag 1 +.ps \\n[PS-SS]u +\." make the size of the head bigger +.ps +2 +.ft B +.ne (2v + 1u) +.if \\n[.$] \&\\$* +.. +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" BB/BE - put background/screen (filled box) around block of text +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.de BB +.if t \{\ +.sp -.5 +.br +.in +2n +.ll -2n +.gcolor red +.di BX +.\} +.. +.de EB +.if t \{\ +.if "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ +.sp -1 +.\} +.br +.di +.in +.ll +.gcolor +.nr BW \\n(.lu-\\n(.i +.nr BH \\n(dn+.5v +.ne \\n(BHu+.5v +.ie "\\$2"adjust-for-leading-newline" \{\ +\M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'+.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] +.\} +.el \{\ +\M[\\$1]\h'1n'\v'-.5v'\D'P \\n(BWu 0 0 \\n(BHu -\\n(BWu 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] +.\} +.in 0 +.sp -.5v +.nf +.BX +.in +.sp .5v +.fi +.\} +.. +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" BM/EM - put colored marker in margin next to block of text +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.de BM +.if t \{\ +.br +.ll -2n +.gcolor red +.di BX +.\} +.. +.de EM +.if t \{\ +.br +.di +.ll +.gcolor +.nr BH \\n(dn +.ne \\n(BHu +\M[\\$1]\D'P -.75n 0 0 \\n(BHu -(\\n[.i]u - \\n(INu - .75n) 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] +.in 0 +.nf +.BX +.in +.fi +.\} +.. +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "Name" +pam_rootok \- Gain only root access +.SH "Synopsis" +.fam C +.HP \w'\fBpam_rootok\&.so\fR\ 'u +\fBpam_rootok\&.so\fR [debug] +.fam +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +pam_rootok is a PAM module that authenticates the user if their +\fIUID\fR +is +\fI0\fR\&. Applications that are created setuid\-root generally retain the +\fIUID\fR +of the user but run with the authority of an enhanced effective\-UID\&. It is the real +\fIUID\fR +that is checked\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +\fBdebug\fR +.RS 4 +Print debug information\&. +.RE +.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED" +.PP +The +\fBauth\fR, +\fBacct\fR +and +\fBpassword\fR +module types are provided\&. +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +PAM_SUCCESS +.RS 4 +The +\fIUID\fR +is +\fI0\fR\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_AUTH_ERR +.RS 4 +The +\fIUID\fR +is +\fBnot\fR +\fI0\fR\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +In the case of the +\fBsu\fR(1) +application the historical usage is to permit the superuser to adopt the identity of a lesser user without the use of a password\&. To obtain this behavior with PAM the following pair of lines are needed for the corresponding entry in the +\FC/etc/pam\&.d/su\F[] +configuration file: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.fam C +.ps -1 +.nf +.if t \{\ +.sp -1 +.\} +.BB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline +.sp -1 + +# su authentication\&. Root is granted access by default\&. +auth sufficient pam_rootok\&.so +auth required pam_unix\&.so + +.EB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline +.if t \{\ +.sp 1 +.\} +.fi +.fam +.ps +1 +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.sp +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP + +\fBsu\fR(1), +\fBpam.conf\fR(5), +\fBpam.d\fR(5), +\fBpam\fR(8) +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +pam_rootok was written by Andrew G\&. Morgan, <morgan@kernel\&.org>\&. |