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35.Dd February 6, 2003
36.Dt PAM_GROUP 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm pam_group
40.Nd Group PAM module
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Op Ar service-name
43.Ar module-type
44.Ar control-flag
45.Pa pam_group
46.Op Ar arguments
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The group service module for PAM accepts or rejects users based on
49their membership in a particular file group.
50.Pp
51The following options may be passed to the
52.Nm
53module:
54.Bl -tag -width ".Cm fail_safe"
55.It Cm deny
56Reverse the meaning of the test, i.e., reject the applicant if and only
57if he or she is a member of the specified group.
58This can be useful to exclude certain groups of users from certain
59services.
60.It Cm fail_safe
61If the specified group does not exist, or has no members, act as if
62it does exist and the applicant is a member.
63.It Cm group Ns = Ns Ar groupname
64Specify the name of the group to check.
65The default is
66.Dq Li wheel .
67.It Cm root_only
68Skip this module entirely if the target account is not the superuser
69account.
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
73.Xr pam 8
74.Sh AUTHORS
75The
76.Nm
77module and this manual page were developed for the
78.Fx
79Project by
80ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
81Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
82.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
83as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
84