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27.Dd July 8, 2001
28.Dt PAM_ROOTOK 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pam_rootok
32.Nd RootOK PAM module
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Op Ar service-name
35.Ar module-type
36.Ar control-flag
37.Pa pam_rootok
38.Op Ar options
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The RootOK authentication service module for PAM,
41.Nm
42provides functionality for only one PAM category:
43authentication.
44In terms of the
45.Ar module-type
46parameter, this is the
47.Dq Li auth
48feature.
49It also provides a null function for session management.
50.Ss RootOK Authentication Module
51The RootOK authentication component
52.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate ,
53always returns success for the superuser;
54i.e.,
55if
56.Xr getuid 2
57returns 0.
58.Pp
59The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
60.Bl -tag -width ".Cm no_warn"
61.It Cm debug
62.Xr syslog 3
63debugging information at
64.Dv LOG_DEBUG
65level.
66.It Cm no_warn
67suppress warning messages to the user.
68These messages include
69reasons why the user's
70authentication attempt was declined.
71.El
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr getuid 2 ,
74.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
75.Xr pam 8
76