Changes to the configuration files for PAM

Support knowledgebase (kukuk_pam)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.2

Problem:

You have made changes to the configuration files for login/shadow and now want to take over these changes for PAM.

Procedure:

PAM supports all features of the shadow packages up till now. The default configuration displays the same behavior as the user has been used to until now.

The new login program continues to evaluate the file /etc/login.defs. A number of entries from this have been replaced, however, by PAM modules:

Entries for the PAM configuration files in /etc/pam.d look like the following:
auth     required       /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
auth     required       /lib/security/pam_env.so
session  required       /lib/security/pam_limits.so
The entry ENV_SUPATH is omitted, as it has never been used. There is a new entry, ENV_ROOTPATH. This contains the default path for the user root. Otherwise all valid variables for /etc/login.defs are described in the manpage (man login.defs).

Documentation on PAM and "The Linux-PAM System Administrator's Guide", as well as the two Developer's Guides can be found in /usr/share/doc/packages/pam.


Keywords: PAM, SHADOW

Categories: Applications

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