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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 function-
     ality 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()), succeeds
     if  and  only if the user is listed in a file specified by its path parame-
     ter.

     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.

     path=filename
	       path to file to search for username. If file is not readable, er-
	       ror  is	logged	and user is considered to be not found. Required
	       parameter.

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

     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  Victor
     Popov  and  were  based on pam_ftpusers module, which was 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 ports 15.quarterly	  July 15, 2012 	      PAM_SEARCH_LIST(8)

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