NAME
pam_unix_account − PAM account management module for UNIX
SYNOPSIS
pam_unix_account.so.1
DESCRIPTION
pam_unix_account provides functionality to the PAM account management stack. The function pam(3PAM) function retrieves password aging information from the repositories specified in nsswitch.conf(4), and verifies that the user’s account and password have not expired.
The following options can be passed to the module:
|
debug |
syslog(3C) debugging information at the LOG_DEBUG level |
nowarn
Turn off warning messages
RETURN VALUES
The following
values are returned:
PAM_SUCCESS
Successfully obtains authentication token
PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD
Obtain new authentication token from the user
PAM_AUTHTOK_EXPIRED
Password expired and no longer usable
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
Error in underlying service module
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
SEE ALSO
pam(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), syslog(3C), libpam(3LIB), pam.conf(4), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5), pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix(5), pam_unix_auth(5), pam_unix_session(5)
NOTES
The interfaces in libpam(3LIB) are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.
The pam_unix(5) module might not be supported in a future release. Similar functionality is provided by pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).