SYSTEM-AUTH(5)                                          Linux-PAM Manual                                          SYSTEM-AUTH(5)



NAME
       system-auth - Common configuration file for PAMified services


SYNOPSIS
       /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/pam.d/password-auth /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth /etc/pam.d/smartcard-auth



DESCRIPTION
       The purpose of these configuration files are to provide a common interface for all applications and service daemons call-
       ing into the PAM library.


       The system-auth configuration file is included from nearly all individual service configuration files with  the  help  of
       the include directive.


       The  password-auth  fingerprint-auth  smartcard-auth configuration files are for applications which handle authentication
       from different types of devices via simultaneously running individual conversations instead of  one  aggregate  conversa-
       tion.


NOTES
       There should be no sufficient modules in the session part of system-auth file because individual services may add session
       modules after include of the system-auth file. Execution of these modules would be skipped if there were sufficient  mod-
       ules in system-auth file.


       Conversely  there  should  not  be any modules after include directive in the individual service files in authaccount and
       password sections otherwise they could be bypassed.


BUGS
       None known.


SEE ALSO
       pam(8), config-util(5)

       The three Linux-PAM Guides, for system administrators, module developers, and application developers.



Red Hat                                                    2009 Apr 10                                            SYSTEM-AUTH(5)