Module Name: pam_rootok Author: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> Maintainer: Linux-PAM maintainer Management groups provided: authentication Cryptographically sensitive: Security rating: Clean code base: Clean. System dependencies: Network aware: Overview of module

This module is for use in situations where the superuser wishes to gain access to a service without having to enter a password. Authentication component

Recognized arguments: Description: This module authenticates the user if their Examples/suggested usage: In the case of the # # su authentication. Root is granted access by default. # su auth sufficient pam_rootok.so su auth required pam_unix_auth.so

Note. For programs that are run by the superuser (or started when the system boots) this module should not be used to authenticate users.