pam_dial_auth(5)
NAME
pam_dial_auth − authentication management PAM module for dialups
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1
DESCRIPTION
The dialup PAM module, /usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1, authenticates a user according to the /etc/dialups and /etc/d_passwd files. Only pam_sm_authenticate() is implemented within this module. pam_sm_setcred() is a null function. /usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1 is designed to be stacked immediately below the /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1 module for the login service.
pam_sm_authenticate() performs authentication only if both the /etc/dialups and /etc/d_passwd files exist. The user’s terminal line is checked against entries in the /etc/dialups file. If there is a match, the user’s shell is compared against entries in the /etc/d_passwd file. If there is a matching entry, the user is prompted for a password which is validated against the entry in the /etc/d_passwd file. If the passwords match, the user is authenticated. The following option may be passed in to this service module:
debug syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| MT Level | MT-Safe with exceptions |
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_authenticate(3), d_passwd(4), dialups(4), libpam(4), pam.conf(4), attributes(5)
NOTES
The interfaces in libpam() are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.
SunOS 5.6 — Last change: 28 Oct 1996