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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>ChapterΒ 4.Β The Linux-PAM configuration file</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="Linux-PAM_SAG.html" title="The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide"><link rel="up" href="Linux-PAM_SAG.html" title="The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide"><link rel="prev" href="sag-overview.html" title="ChapterΒ 3.Β Overview"><link rel="next" href="sag-configuration-file.html" title="4.1.Β Configuration file syntax"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ChapterΒ 4.Β The Linux-PAM configuration file</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sag-overview.html">Prev</a>Β </td><th width="60%" align="center">Β </th><td width="20%" align="right">Β <a accesskey="n" href="sag-configuration-file.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="sag-configuration"></a>ChapterΒ 4.Β The Linux-PAM configuration file</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="section"><a href="sag-configuration-file.html">4.1. Configuration file syntax</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sag-configuration-directory.html">4.2. Directory based configuration</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sag-configuration-example.html">4.3. Example configuration file entries</a></span></dt></dl></div><p> When a <span class="emphasis"><em>PAM</em></span> aware privilege granting application is started, it activates its attachment to the PAM-API. This activation performs a number of tasks, the most important being the reading of the configuration file(s): <code class="filename">/etc/pam.conf</code>. Alternatively, this may be the contents of the <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/</code> directory. The presence of this directory will cause Linux-PAM to ignore <code class="filename">/etc/pam.conf</code>. </p><p> These files list the <span class="emphasis"><em>PAM</em></span>s that will do the authentication tasks required by this service, and the appropriate behavior of the PAM-API in the event that individual <span class="emphasis"><em>PAM</em></span>s fail. </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sag-overview.html">Prev</a>Β </td><td width="20%" align="center">Β </td><td width="40%" align="right">Β <a accesskey="n" href="sag-configuration-file.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ChapterΒ 3.Β OverviewΒ </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="Linux-PAM_SAG.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">Β 4.1.Β Configuration file syntax</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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