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 PAM_SAMPLE 5 "Apr 4, 2007"
 NAME
pam_sample - a sample PAM module
 SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/security/pam_sample.so.1


 DESCRIPTION

The SAMPLE service module for PAM is divided into four components:
authentication, account management, password management, and session
management. The sample module is a shared object that is dynamically loaded to
provide the necessary functionality.
 SAMPLE AUTHENTICATION COMPONENT

The SAMPLE authentication module provides functions to test the PAM
framework functionality using the pam_sm_authenticate(3PAM) call. The
SAMPLE module implementation of the pam_sm_authenticate(3PAM) function
compares the user entered password with the password set in the
pam.conf(4) file, or the string "test" if a default test password has not
been set. The following options can be passed in to the SAMPLE Authentication
module:
debug

Syslog debugging information at the LOG_DEBUG level.


pass=newone

Sets the password to be "newone".


first_pass_good

The first password is always good when used with the use_first_pass or
try_first_pass option.


first_pass_bad

The first password is always bad when used with the use_first_pass or
try_first_pass option.


always_fail

Always returns PAM_AUTH_ERR.


always_succeed

Always returns PAM_SUCCESS.


always_ignore

Always returns PAM_IGNORE.


use_first_pass

Use the user's initial password (entered when the user is authenticated to the
first authentication module in the stack) to authenticate with the SAMPLE
module. If the passwords do not match, or if this is the first authentication
module in the stack, quit and do not prompt the user for a password. It is
recommended that this option only be used if the SAMPLE authentication module
is designated as optional in the pam.conf configuration file.


try_first_pass

Use the user's initial password (entered when the user is authenticated to the
first authentication module in the stack) to authenticate with the SAMPLE
module. If the passwords do not match, or if this is the first authentication
module in the stack, prompt the user for a password.
The SAMPLE module pam_sm_setcred(3PAM) function always returns
PAM_SUCCESS.


 SAMPLE ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT COMPONENT

The SAMPLE Account Management Component implements a simple access control
scheme that limits machine access to a list of authorized users. The list of
authorized users is supplied as option arguments to the entry for the SAMPLE
account management PAM module in the pam.conf file. Note that the
module always permits access to the root super user.

The option field syntax to limit access is shown below: allow=
name[,name] allow= name [allow=name]

The example pam.conf show below permits only larry to login
directly. rlogin is allowed only for don and larry. Once a user is logged
in, the user can use su if the user are sam or eric.


login account require pam_sample.so.1 allow=larry
dtlogin account require pam_sample.so.1 allow=larry
rlogin account require pam_sample.so.1 allow=don allow=larry
su account require pam_sample.so.1 allow=sam,eric


The debug and nowarn options are also supported.
 SAMPLE PASSWORD MANAGEMENT COMPONENT

The SAMPLE Password Management Component function (
pam_sm_chauthtok(3PAM)), always returns PAM_SUCCESS.
 SAMPLE SESSION MANAGEMENT COMPONENT

The SAMPLE Session Management Component functions (
pam_sm_open_session(3PAM), pam_sm_close_session(3PAM)) always
return PAM_SUCCESS.
 ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:


ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT Level MT-Safe with exceptions


 SEE ALSO

pam(3PAM), pam_sm_authenticate(3PAM), pam_sm_chauthtok(3PAM),
pam_sm_close_session(3PAM), pam_sm_open_session(3PAM),
pam_sm_setcred(3PAM), libpam(3LIB), pam.conf(4),
attributes(5)
 WARNINGS

This module should never be used outside of a closed debug environment. The
examples of the use_first_pass and try_first_pass options are
obsolete for all other Solaris delivered PAM service modules
 NOTES

The interfaces in libpam() are MT-Safe only if each thread within the
multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.