-This is the README for pam_unix in Linux-PAM-0.67.
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-pam_unix now comes as one module pam_unix.so.
+pam_unix comes as one module pam_unix.so.
The following links are left for compatibility with old versions:
pam_unix_auth: authentication module providing
The following options are recognized:
debug - log more debugging info
audit - a little more extreme than debug
- use_first_pass - don 't prompt the user for passwords
+ use_first_pass - don't prompt the user for passwords
take them from PAM_ items instead
- try_first_pass - don 't prompt the user for the passwords
+ try_first_pass - don't prompt the user for the passwords
unless PAM_(OLD)AUTHTOK is unset
use_authtok - like try_first_pass, but * fail * if the new
PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set.
(intended for stacking password modules only)
- not_set_pass - don 't set the PAM_ items with the passwords
+ not_set_pass - don't set the PAM_ items with the passwords
used by this module.
shadow - try to maintian a shadow based system.
md5 - when a user changes their password next,
nis - use NIS RPC for setting new password
remember=X - remember X old passwords, they are kept in
/etc/security/opasswd in MD5 crypted form
+ broken_shadow - ignore errors reading shadow information for
+ users in the account management module
invalid arguments are logged to syslog.
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