NAME
pam_rootok —
RootOK PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[
service-name]
module-type control-flag
pam_rootok
[
options]
DESCRIPTION
The RootOK authentication service module for PAM provides functionality for only
one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the
module-type parameter, this is the
“
auth
” feature. It also provides a null
function for session management.
RootOK Authentication
Module
The RootOK authentication component (
pam_sm_authenticate()),
always returns success for the superuser; i.e., if
getuid(2) returns 0.
The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
-
-
- debug
- syslog(3)
debugging information at
LOG_DEBUG
level.
-
-
- no_warn
- suppress warning messages to the user. These messages
include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined.
SEE ALSO
getuid(2),
pam.conf(5),
pam(8)