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NAME
pam_group - Group PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_group [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
The group service module for PAM accepts or rejects users based on their
membership in a particular file group. pam_group provides functionality
for two PAM categories: authentication and account management. In terms
of the module-type parameter, they are the ``auth'' and ``account''
features.
The following options may be passed to the pam_group module:
deny Reverse the meaning of the test, i.e., reject the applicant if
and only if he or she is a member of the specified group.
This can be useful to exclude certain groups of users from
certain services.
fail_safe If the specified group does not exist, or has no members, act
as if it does exist and the applicant is a member.
group=groupname
Specify the name of the group to check. The default is
"wheel".
luser Accept or reject based on the target user's group membership.
root_only Skip this module entirely if the target account is not the
superuser account.
ruser Accept or reject based on the supplicant's group membership.
This is the default.
Note that the luser and ruser options are mutually exclusive, and that
pam_group will fail if both are specified.
SEE ALSO
pam.conf(5), pam(3)
AUTHORS
The pam_group module and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD
Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of
Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 July 19, 2014 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11