summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp.8
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp.8')
-rw-r--r--modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp.8277
1 files changed, 277 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp.8 b/modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp.8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a104d576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/pam_timestamp/pam_timestamp.8
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+.\" Title: pam_timestamp
+.\" 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_TIMESTAMP" "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_timestamp \- Authenticate using cached successful authentication attempts
+.SH "Synopsis"
+.fam C
+.HP \w'\fBpam_timestamp\&.so\fR\ 'u
+\fBpam_timestamp\&.so\fR [timestamp_timeout=\fInumber\fR] [verbose] [debug]
+.fam
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+In a nutshell,
+\fIpam_timestamp\fR
+caches successful authentication attempts, and allows you to use a recent successful attempt as the basis for authentication\&. This is similar mechanism which is used in
+\fBsudo\fR\&.
+.PP
+When an application opens a session using
+\fIpam_timestamp\fR, a timestamp file is created in the
+\fItimestampdir\fR
+directory for the user\&. When an application attempts to authenticate the user, a
+\fIpam_timestamp\fR
+will treat a sufficiently recent timestamp file as grounds for succeeding\&.
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fBtimestamp_timeout=\fR\fB\fInumber\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+How long should pam_timestamp treat timestamp as valid after their last modification date (in seconds)\&. Default is 300 seconds\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBverbose\fR
+.RS 4
+Attempt to inform the user when access is granted\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBdebug\fR
+.RS 4
+Turns on debugging messages sent to
+\fBsyslog\fR(3)\&.
+.RE
+.SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED"
+.PP
+The
+\fBauth\fR
+and
+\fBsession\fR
+module types are provided\&.
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+.PP
+PAM_AUTH_ERR
+.RS 4
+The module was not able to retrieve the user name or no valid timestamp file was found\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_SUCCESS
+.RS 4
+Everything was successful\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_SESSION_ERR
+.RS 4
+Timestamp file could not be created or updated\&.
+.RE
+.SH "NOTES"
+.PP
+Users can get confused when they are not always asked for passwords when running a given program\&. Some users reflexively begin typing information before noticing that it is not being asked for\&.
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.sp
+.if n \{\
+.RS 4
+.\}
+.fam C
+.ps -1
+.nf
+.if t \{\
+.sp -1
+.\}
+.BB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline
+.sp -1
+
+auth sufficient pam_timestamp\&.so verbose
+auth required pam_unix\&.so
+
+session required pam_unix\&.so
+session optional pam_timestamp\&.so
+
+.EB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline
+.if t \{\
+.sp 1
+.\}
+.fi
+.fam
+.ps +1
+.if n \{\
+.RE
+.\}
+.SH "FILES"
+.PP
+\FC/var/run/sudo/\&.\&.\&.\F[]
+.RS 4
+timestamp files and directories
+.RE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+
+\fBpam_timestamp_check\fR(8),
+\fBpam.conf\fR(5),
+\fBpam.d\fR(5),
+\fBpam\fR(8)
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+pam_tally was written by Nalin Dahyabhai\&.