PAM_EXEC(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_EXEC(8)
NAME
pam_exec - PAM module which calls an external command
SYNOPSIS
pam_exec.so [debug] [expose_authtok] [seteuid] [quiet] [stdout] [log=file] [type=type] command [...]
DESCRIPTION
pam_exec is a PAM module that can be used to run an external command.
The child's environment is set to the current PAM environment list, as returned by pam_getenvlist(3) In
addition, the following PAM items are exported as environment variables: PAM_RHOST, PAM_RUSER, PAM_SERVICE,
PAM_TTY, PAM_USER and PAM_TYPE, which contains one of the module types: account, auth, password, open_session
and close_session.
Commands called by pam_exec need to be aware of that the user can have controll over the environment.
OPTIONS
debug
Print debug information.
expose_authtok
During authentication the calling command can read the password from stdin(3). Only first
PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE bytes of a password are provided to the command.
log=file
The output of the command is appended to file
type=type
Only run the command if the module type matches the given type.
stdout
Per default the output of the executed command is written to /dev/null. With this option, the stdout
output of the executed command is redirected to the calling application. It's in the responsibility of
this application what happens with the output. The log option is ignored.
quiet
Per default pam_exec.so will echo the exit status of the external command if it fails. Specifying this
option will suppress the message.
seteuid
Per default pam_exec.so will execute the external command with the real user ID of the calling process.
Specifying this option means the command is run with the effective user ID.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
All module types (auth, account, password and session) are provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS
The external command was run successfully.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
No argument or a wrong number of arguments were given.
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
A system error occurred or the command to execute failed.
make -C /var/yp
with effective user ID.
SEE ALSO
pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)
AUTHOR
pam_exec was written by Thorsten Kukuk <[email protected]> and Josh Triplett <[email protected]>.
Linux-PAM Manual 11/05/2016 PAM_EXEC(8)
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