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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 | 30 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 index 93b0fa7bf55e..64be97a0b5b9 100644 --- a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 +++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.8 @@ -131,6 +131,36 @@ debugging information at .Dv LOG_DEBUG level. .El +.Ss Ux Ss Password Management Module +The +.Ux +password management component +provides a function to perform account management, +.Fn pam_sm_chauthtok . +The function changes +the user's password. +.Pp +The following options may be passed to the password module: +.Bl -tag -width ".Cm use_first_pass" +.It Cm debug +.Xr syslog 3 +debugging information at +.Dv LOG_DEBUG +level. +.It Cm no_warn +suppress warning messages to the user. +These messages include +reasons why the user's +authentication attempt was declined. +.It Cm local_pass +forces the password module +to change a local password +in favour of a NIS one. +.It Cm nis_pass +forces the password module +to change a NIS password +in favour of a local one. +.El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/master.passwd" -compact .It Pa /etc/master.passwd |