pam_echo (8)
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Title: pam_echo
Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
Date: 09/19/2013
Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
Source: Linux-PAM Manual
Language: English
NAME
pam_echo - PAM module for printing text messagesSYNOPSIS
- pam_echo.so [file=/path/message]
DESCRIPTION
%H
- The name of the remote host (PAM_RHOST).
%h
- The name of the local host.
%s
- The service name (PAM_SERVICE).
%t
- The name of the controlling terminal (PAM_TTY).
%U
- The remote user name (PAM_RUSER).
%u
- The local user name (PAM_USER).
All other sequences beginning with % expands to the characters following the % character.
OPTIONS
file=/path/message
- The content of the file /path/message will be printed with the PAM conversion function as PAM_TEXT_INFO.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
All module types (auth, account, password and session) are provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_BUF_ERR
- Memory buffer error.
PAM_SUCCESS
- Message was successful printed.
PAM_IGNORE
- PAM_SILENT flag was given or message file does not exist, no message printed.
EXAMPLES
For an example of the use of this module, we show how it may be used to print information about good passwords:
-
password optional pam_echo.so file=/usr/share/doc/good-password.txt password required pam_unix.so
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>