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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/libpam/doc/modules/pam_wheel.sgml')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/libpam/doc/modules/pam_wheel.sgml b/contrib/libpam/doc/modules/pam_wheel.sgml index 9139695fec84c..bf19a9bab8086 100644 --- a/contrib/libpam/doc/modules/pam_wheel.sgml +++ b/contrib/libpam/doc/modules/pam_wheel.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- - $Id: pam_wheel.sgml,v 1.3 1997/02/15 18:25:44 morgan Exp morgan $ + $Id: pam_wheel.sgml,v 1.1.1.1 2000/06/20 22:11:05 agmorgan Exp $ This file was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@parc.power.net> from notes provided by Cristian Gafton. @@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ Only permit root access to members of the wheel (<tt/gid=0/) group. <tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag> -This module is used to enforce the so-called wheel group. By default, -it permits root access to the system if the applicant user is a member -of the <tt/wheel/ group (better described as the group with group-id -<tt/0/). +This module is used to enforce the so-called <em/wheel/ group. By +default, it permits root access to the system if the applicant user is +a member of the <tt/wheel/ group (first, the module checks for the +existence of a '<tt/wheel/' group. Otherwise the module defines the +group with group-id <tt/0/ to be the <em/wheel/ group). <p> The action of the module may be modified from this default by one or @@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ more of the following flags in the <tt>/etc/pam.conf</tt> file. Supply more debugging information to <tt/syslog(3)/. <item> -<tt/use_id/ - +<tt/use_uid/ - This option modifies the behavior of the module by using the current <tt/uid/ of the process and not the <tt/getlogin(3)/ name of the user. This option is useful for being able to jump from one account to |