The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide

Andrew G. Morgan, morgan@physics.ucla.edu

DRAFT v0.42 1996/5/31


This manual documents what a system-administrator needs to know about the Linux-PAM library. It covers the correct syntax of the PAM configuration file and discusses strategies for maintaining a secure system.

1. Introduction

2. The Linux-PAM configuration file

3. Security issues of Linux-PAM

4. An example /etc/pam.conf file

5. Files

6. See also

7. Notes

8. Author/acknowledgments

9. Bugs/omissions