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SYSTEM-AUTH(5)                                     Linux-PAM Manual                                    SYSTEM-AUTH(5)



NAME
       system-auth - Common configuration file for PAMified services


SYNOPSIS
       /etc/pam.d/system-auth /etc/pam.d/password-auth /etc/pam.d/fingerprint-auth /etc/pam.d/smartcard-auth



DESCRIPTION
       The  purpose  of  these configuration files are to provide a common interface for all applications and service
       daemons calling into the PAM library.


       The system-auth configuration file is included from nearly all individual service configuration files with the
       help of the substack directive.


       The  password-auth  fingerprint-auth  smartcard-auth  configuration  files  are  for applications which handle
       authentication from different types of devices via simultaneously running individual conversations instead  of
       one aggregate conversation.


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


BUGS
       None known.


SEE ALSO
       pam(8), config-util(5), postlogin(5)

       The three Linux-PAM Guides, for system administrators, module developers, and application developers.



Red Hat                                              2010 Dec 22                                       SYSTEM-AUTH(5)