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35.Dd February 1, 2005
36.Dt PAM_EXEC 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm pam_exec
40.Nd Exec PAM module
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Op Ar service-name
43.Ar module-type
44.Ar control-flag
45.Pa pam_exec
46.Op Ar arguments
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The exec service module for PAM executes the program designated by its
49first argument, with its remaining arguments as command-line
50arguments.
51The child's environment is set to the current PAM environment list,
52as returned by
53.Xr pam_getenvlist 3 .
54In addition, the following PAM items are exported as environment
55variables:
56.Ev PAM_RHOST ,
57.Ev PAM_RUSER ,
58.Ev PAM_SERVICE ,
59.Ev PAM_TTY ,
60and
61.Ev PAM_USER .
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
64.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
65.Xr pam 8
66.Sh AUTHORS
67The
68.Nm
69module and this manual page were developed for the
70.Fx
71Project by
72ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
73Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
74.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
75as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
76