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.TH SYSTEM-AUTH 5 "2010 Dec 22" "Red Hat" "Linux-PAM Manual"
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.SH NAME
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system-auth \- Common configuration file for PAMified services
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /etc/pam.d/system-auth
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.B /etc/pam.d/password-auth
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.B /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth
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.B /etc/pam.d/smartcard-auth
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.sp 2
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The purpose of these configuration files are to provide a common
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interface for all applications and service daemons calling into
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the PAM library.
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.sp
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The
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.BR system-auth
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configuration file is included from nearly all individual service configuration
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files with the help of the
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.BR substack
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directive.
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.sp
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The
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.BR password-auth
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.BR fingerprint-auth
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.BR smartcard-auth
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configuration files are for applications which handle authentication from
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different types of devices via simultaneously running individual conversations
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instead of one aggregate conversation.
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.SH NOTES
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Previously these common configuration files were included with the help
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of the
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.BR include
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directive. This limited the use of the different action types of modules.
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With the use of
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.BR substack
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directive to include these common configuration files this limitation
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no longer applies.
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.SH BUGS
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.sp 2
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None known.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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pam(8), config-util(5), postlogin(5)
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The three
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.BR Linux-PAM
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Guides, for
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.BR "system administrators" ", "
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.BR "module developers" ", "
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and
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.BR "application developers" ". "