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PAMTESTER(1)		    General Commands Manual		  PAMTESTER(1)

NAME
       pamtester - test	pluggable authentication module	(PAM) facility

SYNOPSIS
       pamtester  [-v]	[-I  item=value] [-E var=value]	service	user operation
       [operation ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Test pluggable authentication module (PAM) facility.

       service is the PAM service name.	user is	the name of the	 user  account
       to  operate  with  the  PAM facility. The following operations are sup-
       ported.

       authenticate
	      Authenticate user. A conversation	may subsequently take place to
	      prompt user input	to retrieve necessary authentication  informa-
	      tion.

       acct_mgmt
	      Perform  account	management on user.  A conversation may	subse-
	      quently take place to prompt user	input for necessary  authenti-
	      cation information.

       open_session
	      Open a new session for user.

       close_session
	      Close the	current	session	for user.

       chauthtok
	      Change  the  authentication  token  currently  assigned to user.
	      Conversation may subsequently take place to  prompt  user	 input
	      for necessary authentication information.

       Note  that some operations may eventually need additional privileges to
       fulfill the request depending on	the service configuration.

       Any operation may also be followed by the option	flags  that  are  pro-
       vided  between the pair of parenthesis. Flags are all named and combin-
       able or inversible with bitwise operators; "|"  (OR),  "&"  (AND),  "^"
       (XOR) and "~" (NOT) are accepted.

	      authenticate(PAM_SILENT |	PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK)

       The list	of allowed options is shown below:

       - PAM_SILENT

       - PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK

       - PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED

       - PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED

       - PAM_REFRESH_CRED

       - PAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK

       Additional  authentication  information	such as	the name of the	remote
       user, the remote	host and the tty can be	supplied via -I	 (--item)  op-
       tion.

       The following types of information are supported:

       - service

       - user

       - prompt

       - tty

       - ruser

       - rhost

OPTIONS
       -v, --verbose
	      Turn on verbose mode.

       -I item=value, --item item=value
	      Provide additional information to	authentication module.

       -E var=value, --env var=value
	      Set environment variable var to value

AUTHOR
       Written by Moriyoshi Koizumi <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <pamtester-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 - 2005 Moriyoshi Koizumi. All	rights reserved.

SEE ALSO
       pam(7)

pamtester 0.1.2			  March	2005			  PAMTESTER(1)

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