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Manual Reference Pages  - PAM_SHELLS (8)

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pam_shells - PAM module to check for valid login shell

CONTENTS

pam_shells.so

pam_shells is a PAM module that only allows access to the system if the users shell is listed in /etc/shells.

It also checks if /etc/shells is a plain file and not world writable.

This module does not recognice any options.

The services auth and account are supported.

PAM_AUTH_ERR
	Access to the system was denied.
PAM_SUCCESS
	The users login shell was listed as valid shell in /etc/shells.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
	The module was not able to get the name of the user.

auth  required  pam_shells.so
     

shells(5), pam.conf(5), pam.d(8), pam(8)

pam_shells was written by Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>.

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