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

NAME
     pam_login_access -- login.access PAM module

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

DESCRIPTION
     The  login.access	service  module for PAM, pam_login_access provides func-
     tionality for only one PAM category: account management.  In terms  of  the
     module-type parameter, this is the "account" feature.

   Login.access Account Management Module
     The login.access account management component (pam_sm_acct_mgmt()), returns
     success  if and only the user is allowed to log in on the specified tty (in
     the case of a local login) or from the specified remote host (in  the  case
     of   a   remote   login),	 according   to   the	restrictions  listed  in
     /etc/login.access.

SEE ALSO
     login.access(5), pam.conf(5), pam(8)

AUTHORS
     The login.access(5) access control scheme was designed and  implemented  by
     Wietse Venema.

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

FreeBSD 5.0			January 24, 2002	     PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8)

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