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| author | Tomas Mraz <tm@t8m.info> | 2008-11-24 13:56:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Tomas Mraz <tm@t8m.info> | 2008-11-24 13:56:29 +0000 |
| commit | e6364f057ddd81b7eb06487047b20a04f29022af (patch) | |
| tree | 42e58be4648d06fb5d27e30d5989a4487b8d91fa /doc/man | |
| parent | bc32e648b76cb6eef5a3dd4720a7384d918ca6fb (diff) | |
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Relevant BUGIDs: rhbz#471762
Purpose of commit: new feature
Commit summary:
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2008-11-24 Tomas Mraz <t8m@centrum.cz>
* libpam/pam_handlers.c (_pam_parse_conf_file): '-' at
beginning of type token marks silent module.
(_pam_load_module): Add handler_type parameter. Do not log
module load error if module is silent.
(_pam_add_handler): Pass handler_type to _pam_load_module().
* libpam/pam_private.h: Add PAM_HT_SILENT_MODULE.
* doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml: Document the '-' at beginning
of type.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml b/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml index 1460c6f6..ced8ff1f 100644 --- a/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml +++ b/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml @@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> + <para> + If the <emphasis>type</emphasis> value from the list above is prepended + with a <emphasis>-</emphasis> character the PAM library will not log to + the system log if it is not possible to load the module because it is + missing in the system. This can be useful especially for modules which + are not always installed on the system and are not required for correct + authentication and authorization of the login session. + </para> <para> The third field, <emphasis>control</emphasis>, indicates the |