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NAME

6       system-auth - Common configuration file for PAMified services
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SYNOPSIS

10       /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/pam.d/password-auth /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-
11       auth /etc/pam.d/smartcard-auth
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DESCRIPTION

16       The purpose of these configuration files are to provide a common inter‐
17       face  for  all  applications  and  service daemons calling into the PAM
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21       The system-auth configuration file is included from nearly all individ‐
22       ual  service  configuration  files with the help of the substack direc‐
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26       The password-auth fingerprint-auth smartcard-auth  configuration  files
27       are  for  applications which handle authentication from different types
28       of devices via simultaneously running individual conversations  instead
29       of one aggregate conversation.
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NOTES

33       Previously these common configuration files were included with the help
34       of the include directive. This limited the use of the different  action
35       types  of modules.  With the use of substack directive to include these
36       common configuration files this limitation no longer applies.
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BUGS

40       None known.
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SEE ALSO

44       pam(8), config-util(5), postlogin(5)
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46       The three Linux-PAM Guides, for system administrators, module  develop‐
47       ers, and application developers.
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51Red Hat                           2010 Dec 22                   SYSTEM-AUTH(5)