.TH SYSTEM-AUTH 5 "2010 Dec 22" "Red Hat" "Linux-PAM Manual"
.SH NAME

system-auth \- Common configuration file for PAMified services

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/pam.d/system-auth
.B /etc/pam.d/password-auth
.B /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth
.B /etc/pam.d/smartcard-auth
.sp 2
.SH DESCRIPTION

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

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

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

.SH NOTES
Previously these common configuration files were included with the help
of the
.BR include
directive. This limited the use of the different action types of modules.
With the use of
.BR substack
directive to include these common configuration files this limitation
no longer applies.

.SH BUGS
.sp 2
None known.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
pam(8), config-util(5), postlogin(5)

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