The access module
Synopsis

`Module Name:` `pam_access` `Author[s]:` Alexei Nogin <alexei@nogin.dnttm.ru> `Maintainer:` Author `Management groups provided:` account `Cryptographically sensitive:` `Security rating:` `Clean code base:` `System dependencies:` Requires a configuration file `/etc/security/access.conf` `Network aware:` Through ``

Overview of module

Provides logdaemon style login access control.

Account component

`Recognized arguments:` `Description:` This module provides logdaemon style login access control based on login names and on host (or domain) names, internet addresses (or network numbers), or on terminal line names in case of non-networked logins. Diagnostics are reported through `Examples/suggested usage: Use of module is recommended, for example, on administrative machines such as /etc/pam.d` style configurations where your modules live in `/lib/security`, start by adding the following line to `/etc/pam.d/login`, `/etc/pam.d/rlogin`, `/etc/pam.d/rsh` and `/etc/pam.d/ftp`: account required /lib/security/pam_access.so Note that use of this module is not effective unless your system ignores `.rhosts` files. See the the pam_rhosts_auth documentation. A sample `access.conf` configuration file is included with the distribution.