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PAM_GUEST(8)		    System Manager's Manual		  PAM_GUEST(8)

NAME
       pam_guest -- Guest PAM module

SYNOPSIS
       [service-name] module-type control-flag pam_guest [arguments]

DESCRIPTION
       The  guest  service module for PAM allows guest logins.	If successful,
       the pam_guest module sets the PAM environment variable GUEST to the lo-
       gin name.  The application can check this variable using	 pam_getenv(3)
       to differentiate	guest logins from normal logins.

       The following options may be passed to the pam_guest module:

       guests=list    Comma-separated  list  of	 guest account names.  The de-
		      fault is "guest".	 A typical value for ftpd(8) would  be
		      "anonymous,ftp".

       nopass	      Omits  the  password  prompt if the target account is on
		      the list of guest	accounts.

       pass_as_ruser  The password typed in by the user	 is  exported  as  the
		      PAM_RUSER	 item.	 This  is useful for applications like
		      ftpd(8) where guest users	are encouraged	to  use	 their
		      email address as password.

       pass_is_user   Requires	the  guest  user  to type in the guest account
		      name as password.

SEE ALSO
       pam(3), pam_get_item(3),	pam_getenv(3), pam.conf(5)

AUTHORS
       The pam_guest module and	 this  manual  page  were  developed  for  the
       FreeBSD	Project	by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Di-
       vision  of  Network  Associates,	 Inc.  under   DARPA/SPAWAR   contract
       N66001-01-C-8035	 ("CBOSS"),  as	 part of the DARPA CHATS research pro-
       gram.

FreeBSD	14.3			 May 26, 2003			  PAM_GUEST(8)

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