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

NAME
     pam_self -- Self PAM module

SYNOPSIS
     [service-name] module-type control-flag pam_self [options]

DESCRIPTION
     The Self authentication service module for PAM, pam_self provides function-
     ality  for  only  one  PAM  category:  authentication.   In  terms  of  the
     module-type parameter, this is the "auth" feature.

   Self Authentication Module
     The Self authentication component (pam_sm_authenticate()), returns  success
     if and only if the target user's user ID is identical with the current real
     user  ID.	 If  the current real user ID is zero, authentication will fail,
     unless the allow_root option was specified.

     The following options may be passed to the authentication module:

     debug	 syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level.

     no_warn	 suppress warning messages to the user.  These messages  include
		 reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined.

     allow_root  do not automatically fail if the current real user ID is 0.

SEE ALSO
     getuid(2), pam(3), pam.conf(5)

AUTHORS
     The  pam_self  module  and  this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD
     Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Net-
     work  Associates,	Inc.  under   DARPA/SPAWAR   contract	N66001-01-C-8035
     ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	December 5, 2001		     PAM_SELF(8)

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