Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual

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Chapter 15. Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) 23715.8. Additional ResourcesThe following resources further explain methods to use and configure PAM. In addition to theseresources, read the PAM configuration files on the system to better understand how they are structured.15.8.1. Installed Documentation• PAM related man pages — There are a number of man pages for the various applications andconfiguration files involved with PAM. The following is a list of some of the more important manpages.Configuration Files• man pam — Good introductory information on PAM, including the structure and pur-pose of the PAM configuration files. Note that although this man page talks about the/etc/pam.conf file, the actual configuration files for PAM under Red Hat EnterpriseLinux are in the /etc/pam.d/ directory.• man pam_console — Describes the purpose of the pam_console.so module. It alsodescribes the appropriate syntax for an entry within a PAM configuration file.• man console.apps — Describes the format and options available within/etc/security/console.apps the configuration file which defines which applicationsare accessible by the console user assigned by PAM.• man console.perms — Describes the format and options available within/etc/security/console.perms, the configuration file for the console user permissionsassigned by PAM.• man pam_timestamp — Describes the pam_timestamp.so module.• /usr/share/doc/pam-i version-numberj — Contains a System Administrators’ Guide, aModule Writers’ Manual, and the Application Developers’ Manual, as well as a copy of the PAMstandard, DCE-RFC 86.0 (replace k version-numberl with the version number of PAM).• /usr/share/doc/pam-i version-numberj /txts/README.pam_timestamp — Containsinformation about the pam_timestamp.so PAM module (replace k version-numberl withthe version number of PAM).15.8.2. Useful Websites• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ — The primary distribution website for the Linux-PAMproject, containing information on various PAM modules, a FAQ, and additional PAM documenta-tion.