This is a help file for the pam_group module. It explains the need for pam_group and also the syntax of the /etc/security/group.conf file. 1. Introduction =============== It is desirable to give extra privileges to a user running a specific PAM aware application at various times of the day and on specific days or over various terminal lines by adding this user to extra groups. The pam_group module is intended to offer a configurable module that satisfies this purpose, within the context of Linux-PAM. 2. the /etc/security/group.conf file =================================== Its syntax is described in the sample group.conf file. unrecognised rules are ignored (but an error is logged to syslog(3)) -------------------- Bugs to the list