pam_sss(8)

1PAM_SSS(8)                     SSSD Manual pages                    PAM_SSS(8)
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NAME

6       pam_sss - PAM module for SSSD
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SYNOPSIS

9       pam_sss.so [forward_pass] [use_first_pass] [use_authtok] [retry=N]
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DESCRIPTION

12       pam_sss.so is the PAM interface to the System Security Services daemon
13       (SSSD). Errors and results are logged through syslog(3) with the
14       LOG_AUTHPRIV facility.
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OPTIONS

17       forward_pass
18           If forward_pass is set the entered password is put on the stack for
19           other PAM modules to use.
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21       use_first_pass
22           The argument use_first_pass forces the module to use a previous
23           stacked modules password and will never prompt the user - if no
24           password is available or the password is not appropriate, the user
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28           When password changing enforce the module to set the new password
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31       retry=N
32           If specified the user is asked another N times for a password if
33           authentication fails. Default is 0.
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35           Please note that this option might not work as expected if the
36           application calling PAM handles the user dialog on its own. A
37           typical example is sshd with PasswordAuthentication.
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MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

40       All module types (account, auth, password and session) are provided.
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FILES

43       If a password reset by root fails, because the corresponding SSSD
44       provider does not support password resets, an individual message can be
45       displayed. This message can e.g. contain instructions about how to
46       reset a password.
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48       The message is read from the file pam_sss_pw_reset_message.LOC where
49       LOC stands for a locale string returned by setlocale(3). If there is no
50       matching file the content of pam_sss_pw_reset_message.txt is displayed.
51       Root must be the owner of the files and only root may have read and
52       write permissions while all other users must have only read
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55       These files are searched in the directory
56       /etc/sssd/customize/DOMAIN_NAME/. If no matching file is present a
57       generic message is displayed.
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AUTHORS

63       The SSSD upstream - http://fedorahosted.org/sssd
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67SSSD                              08/05/2011                        PAM_SSS(8)