1PAM_TIMESTAMP_CHECK(8)         Linux-PAM Manual         PAM_TIMESTAMP_CHECK(8)
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NAME

6       pam_timestamp_check - Check to see if the default timestamp is valid
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SYNOPSIS

9       pam_timestamp_check [-k] [-d] [target_user]
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DESCRIPTION

12       With no arguments pam_timestamp_check will check to see if the default
13       timestamp is valid, or optionally remove it.
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OPTIONS

16       -k
17           Instead of checking the validity of a timestamp, remove it. This is
18           analogous to sudo's -k option.
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20       -d
21           Instead of returning validity using an exit status, loop
22           indefinitely, polling regularly and printing the status on standard
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26           By default pam_timestamp_check checks or removes timestamps
27           generated by pam_timestamp when the user authenticates as herself.
28           When the user authenticates as a different user, the name of the
29           timestamp file changes to accommodate this.  target_user allows one
30           to specify this user name.
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RETURN VALUES

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37           The binary is not setuid root.
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NOTES

55       Users can get confused when they are not always asked for passwords
56       when running a given program. Some users reflexively begin typing
57       information before noticing that it is not being asked for.
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EXAMPLES

60           auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so verbose
61           auth required   pam_unix.so
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63           session required pam_unix.so
64           session optional pam_timestamp.so
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FILES

68       /var/run/sudo/...
69           timestamp files and directories
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SEE ALSO

72       pam_timestamp_check(8), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)
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AUTHOR

75       pam_timestamp was written by Nalin Dahyabhai.
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