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PAM_LOCALUSER(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_LOCALUSER(8)

NAME

pam_localuser - require users to be listed in /etc/passwd

SYNOPSIS

pam_localuser.so [debug] [file= /path/passwd]

DESCRIPTION

pam_localuser is a PAM module to help implementing site-wide login policies, where they typically include a subset of the network's users and a few accounts that are local to a particular workstation. Using pam_localuser and pam_wheel or pam_listfile is an effective way to restrict access to either local users and/or a subset of the network's users.
This could also be implemented using pam_listfile.so and a very short awk script invoked by cron, but it's common enough to have been separated out.

OPTIONS

debug
Print debug information.
file=/path/passwd
Use a file other than /etc/passwd.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

All module types ( account, auth, password and session) are provided.

RETURN VALUES

PAM_SUCCESS
The new localuser was set successfully.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
No username was given.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
User not known.

EXAMPLES

Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/su to allow only local users in group wheel to use su.
 
account sufficient pam_localuser.so
account required pam_wheel.so
 

FILES

/etc/passwd
Local user account information.

SEE ALSO

 
pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)

AUTHOR

pam_localuser was written by Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com>.
06/04/2011 Linux-PAM Manual