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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 [oper-
     ation ...]

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 supported.

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

     acct_mgmt
	    Perform account management on user.  A conversation may subsequently
	    take  place to prompt user input for necessary authentication infor-
	    mation.

     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.  Conver-
	    sation may subsequently take place to prompt user input  for  neces-
	    sary authentication information.

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

     Any  operation  may  also be followed by the option flags that are provided
     between the pair of parenthesis. Flags are all named and combinable or  in-
     versible  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) option.

     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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