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

NAME
       pam_search_list -- search_list PAM module

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

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

   Search List Account Management Module
       The search_list account management component (pam_sm_acct_mgmt()), suc-
       ceeds if	and only if the	user is	listed in a file specified by its path
       parameter.

       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 in-
		 clude reasons why the user's authentication attempt  was  de-
		 clined.

       path=filename
		 path to file to search	for username. If file is not readable,
		 error	is  logged and user is considered to be	not found. Re-
		 quired	parameter.

       disallow	 reverse the semantics;	pam_search_list	will  succeed  if  and
		 only  if the user is not listed in filename specified by path
		 parameter.

       allow_root
		 do not	automatically fail if the target user's	UID is 0.

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

AUTHORS
       The pam_search_list module and this manual page were developed by  Vic-
       tor  Popov  and	were based on pam_ftpusers module, which was developed
       for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the	 Security  Re-
       search Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract
       N66001-01-C-8035	 ("CBOSS"),  as	 part of the DARPA CHATS research pro-
       gram.

FreeBSD	ports 15.quarterly	 July 15, 2012		    PAM_SEARCH_LIST(8)

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