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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Sam Hartman
  • Date: 2004-06-28 14:28:08 UTC
  • mfrom: (2.1.1 warty)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20040628142808-adikk7vtfg3pzcjw
Tags: 0.76-22
http://bugs.debian.org/254904
* Add uploaders
* Document location of repository
* Fix options containing arguments in pam_unix, Closes: #254904

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pam_unix comes as one module pam_unix.so.
 
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The following links are left for compatibility with old versions:
 
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pam_unix_auth:          authentication module providing
 
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                        pam_authenticate() and pam_setcred() hooks
 
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pam_unix_sess:          session module, providing session logging
 
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pam_unix_acct:          account management, providing shadow account
 
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                        managment features, password aging etc..
 
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pam_unix_passwd:        password updating facilities providing
 
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                        cracklib password strength checking facilities.
 
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The following options are recognized:
 
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        debug           -       log more debugging info
 
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        audit           -       a little more extreme than debug
 
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        use_first_pass  -       don't prompt the user for passwords
 
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                                take them from PAM_ items instead
 
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        try_first_pass  -       don't prompt the user for the passwords
 
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                                unless PAM_(OLD)AUTHTOK is unset
 
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        use_authtok     -       like try_first_pass, but * fail * if the new
 
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                                PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set.
 
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                                (intended for stacking password modules only)
 
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        not_set_pass    -       don't set the PAM_ items with the passwords
 
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                                used by this module.
 
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        shadow          -       try to maintian a shadow based system.
 
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        md5             -       when a user changes their password next,
 
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                                encrypt it with the md5 algorithm.
 
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        bigcrypt        -       when a user changes their password next,
 
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                                excrypt it with the DEC C2 - algorithm(0).
 
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        nodelay         -       used to prevent failed authentication
 
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                                resulting in a delay of about 1 second.
 
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        nis             -       use NIS RPC for setting new password
 
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        remember=X      -       remember X old passwords, they are kept in
 
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                                /etc/security/opasswd in MD5 crypted form
 
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        invalid arguments are logged to syslog.