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.TH SYSTEM-AUTH 5 "2006 Feb 3" "Red Hat" "Linux-PAM Manual"
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.SH NAME
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system-auth \- Common configuration file for PAMified services
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /etc/pam.d/system-auth
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.sp 2
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The purpose of this configuration file is to provide common 
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configuration file for all applications and service daemons
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calling PAM library.
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.sp
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The
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.BR system-auth
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configuration file is included from all individual service configuration
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files with the help of the
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.BR include
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directive.
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.SH NOTES
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There should be no
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.BR sufficient
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modules in the
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.BR session
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part of
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.BR system-auth
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file because individual services may add session modules after
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.BR include
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of the
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.BR system-auth
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file. Execution of these modules would be skipped if there were sufficient
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modules in
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.BR system-auth
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file.
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.sp
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Conversely there should not be any modules after
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.BR include
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directive in the individual service files in
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.BR auth account
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and
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.BR password
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sections otherwise they could be bypassed.
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.SH BUGS
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.sp 2
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None known.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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pam(8), config-util(5)
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The three
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.BR Linux-PAM
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Guides, for
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.BR "system administrators" ", "
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.BR "module developers" ", "
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and
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.BR "application developers" ". "