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NAME
pam_rootok - RootOK PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_rootok [options]
DESCRIPTION
The RootOK authentication service module for PAM, pam_rootok provides
functionality for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the
module-type parameter, this is the "auth" feature. It also provides a
null function for session management.
RootOK Authentication Module
The RootOK authentication component (pam_sm_authenticate()), always
returns success for the superuser; i.e., if getuid(2) returns 0.
The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
debug syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level.
no_warn suppress warning messages to the user. These messages include
reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined.
SEE ALSO
getuid(2), pam.conf(5), pam(3)
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE July 8, 2001 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE