pam_timestamp_check (8)
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Title: pam_timestamp_check
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_timestamp_check - Check to see if the default timestamp is validSYNOPSIS
- pam_timestamp_check [-k] [-d] [target_user]
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
-k
- Instead of checking the validity of a timestamp, remove it. This is analogous to sudo's -k option.
-d
- Instead of returning validity using an exit status, loop indefinitely, polling regularly and printing the status on standard output.
target_user
- By default pam_timestamp_check checks or removes timestamps generated by pam_timestamp when the user authenticates as herself. When the user authenticates as a different user, the name of the timestamp file changes to accommodate this. target_user allows to specify this user name.
RETURN VALUES
0
- The timestamp is valid.
2
- The binary is not setuid root.
3
- Invalid invocation.
4
- User is unknown.
5
- Permissions error.
6
- Invalid controlling tty.
7
- Timestamp is not valid.
NOTES
Users can get confused when they are not always asked for passwords when running a given program. Some users reflexively begin typing information before noticing that it is not being asked for.
EXAMPLES
-
auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so verbose auth required pam_unix.so session required pam_unix.so session optional pam_timestamp.so
FILES
/var/run/sudo/...
- timestamp files and directories
SEE ALSO
pam_timestamp_check(8), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)
AUTHOR
pam_tally was written by Nalin Dahyabhai.