pam_cap (8)
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Title: pam_cap
Author: [see the "AUTHORS" section]
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Date: 09/23/2011
Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
Source: Linux-PAM Manual
Language: English
NAME
pam_cap - PAM module to set inheritable capabilitiesSYNOPSIS
- pam_cap.so [config=/path/to/capability.conf] [debug]
DESCRIPTION
Capabilities are read from the /etc/security/capability.conf config file, or alternate file specified with the config= option.
The module must not be called by a multithreaded application.
OPTIONS
config=/path/to/capability.conf
- Indicate an alternative capability.conf style configuration file to override the default.
debug
- Print debug information.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the authentication module type is provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_AUTH_ERR
- The user is not known to the system.
PAM_IGNORE
- No capabilities found for this user.
PAM_INCOMPLETE
- Indicates a PAM-Conversation failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
- Capabilities were set.
FILES
/etc/security/capability.conf
- Default configuration file
EXAMPLES
Nearly all applications/daemons which use PAM for authentication contain a configuration line: @include common-auth. Thus, to set inheritable capabilities in all of these applications, add the following as the last line to /etc/pam.d/common-auth
- auth optional pam_cap.so
To set inheritable capabilities for a user in a specific application, or in application(s) which do not @include common-auth, add the line below to the application-specific file; e.g. /etc/pam.d/myapp
- auth optional pam_cap.so
SEE ALSO
capability.conf(5),
pam.d(5),
pam(7).
AUTHORS
pam_cap was initially written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>