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34.\" $FreeBSD$
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36.Dd July 19, 2014
37.Dt PAM_GROUP 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_group
41.Nd Group PAM module
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Op Ar service-name
44.Ar module-type
45.Ar control-flag
46.Pa pam_group
47.Op Ar arguments
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The group service module for PAM accepts or rejects users based on
50their membership in a particular file group.
51.Nm pam_group
52provides functionality for two PAM categories: authentication and
53account management.
54In terms of the module-type parameter, they are the ``auth'' and
55``account'' features.
56.Pp
57The following options may be passed to the
58.Nm
59module:
60.Bl -tag -width ".Cm fail_safe"
61.It Cm deny
62Reverse the meaning of the test, i.e., reject the applicant if and only
63if he or she is a member of the specified group.
64This can be useful to exclude certain groups of users from certain
65services.
66.It Cm fail_safe
67If the specified group does not exist, or has no members, act as if
68it does exist and the applicant is a member.
69.It Cm group Ns = Ns Ar groupname
70Specify the name of the group to check.
71The default is
72.Dq Li wheel .
73.It Cm luser
74Accept or reject based on the target user's group membership.
75.It Cm root_only
76Skip this module entirely if the target account is not the superuser
77account.
78.It Cm ruser
79Accept or reject based on the supplicant's group membership.
80This is the default.
81.El
82.Pp
83Note that the
84.Cm luser
85and
86.Cm ruser
87options are mutually exclusive, and that
88.Nm
89will fail if both are specified.
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
92.Xr pam 8
93.Sh AUTHORS
94The
95.Nm
96module and this manual page were developed for the
97.Fx
98Project by
99ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
100Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
101.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
102as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
103