1PAM_CHATTY(8)                                                    PAM_CHATTY(8)
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NAME

6       pam_chatty - A PAM test module that generates PAM info and error
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SYNOPSIS

10       pam_chatty.so [...]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The pam_chatty module makes it easy to replicate the behaviour of PAM
14       modules that generate a lot of output, in order to ensure that PAM
15       clients react as expected.
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IMPORTANT

18       pam_chatty is a test tool. It should be considered completely insecure
19       and never used outside test environments! As you’ll see when reading
20       description of the options, many of them don’t make any sense in the
21       real world and were added just to make tests possible.
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23       The pam_chatty module generates a lot of PAM info and error output,
24       when its authentication method is called, and then returns success.
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OPTIONS

27       ·   num_lines=NUMBER - the number of lines of messages to output, for
28           each one of the enabled types of messages selected.
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30       ·   error - whether to output error level messages.
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32       ·   info - whether to output info level messages.
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MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

35       Only the auth module type is supported.
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EXAMPLE

38           auth            required        pam_chatty.so num_lines=16 info error
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42                                  2020-03-05                     PAM_CHATTY(8)