NAME

pam_group — Group PAM module

SYNOPSIS

[service-name] function-class control-flag pam_group [options]

DESCRIPTION

The Group PAM module supports the account management function class. In terms of the function-class parameter, this is the “account” class.

The Group account management module permits or denies users based on their membership to a particular group (or groups) specified with the group option. If no groups are specified the default group (“wheel”) will be used.

The following options may be passed to this account management module:

deny

Reverse the meaning of the test, i.e., reject the applicant if and only if he or she is a member of the specified group. This can be useful to exclude certain groups of users from certain services.

fail_safe

If the specified group does not exist, or has no members, act as if it does exist and the applicant is a member.

group=groupname

Specify the name of the group to check. This can be a comma-separated list (i.e. “group=admin,wheel”).

root_only

Skip this module entirely if the target account is not the superuser account.

ruser

Check the membership of the applicant (PAM_RUSER), rather than the target account (PAM_USER)

SEE ALSO

pam_get_item(3), pam.conf(5), pam(8), DirectoryService(8)

AUTHORS

The pam_group module and this manual page were 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.