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| author | Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@cisco.com> | 2021-05-19 11:38:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Tomáš Mráz <tm@t8m.info> | 2021-05-24 08:43:38 +0200 |
| commit | d62120ed7cfa99dec0e66e562f20fb32987c5980 (patch) | |
| tree | 2122c3324f9ef8d450bc4d16fff984148fc61fe8 /doc | |
| parent | 82288cd81501acb005ee998043c3cc86c1298477 (diff) | |
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pam.conf: clarify default action for unspecified return codes
Add short blurbs explaining that if a return code is not specified in
the "[value1=action1 value2=action2 ...]" form and "default=action" is
not specified, that return code's action defaults to "bad".
Signed-off-by: Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@cisco.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml b/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml index 864a580d..5112f930 100644 --- a/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml +++ b/doc/man/pam.conf-syntax.xml @@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ this action indicates that the return code should be thought of as indicative of the module failing. If this module is the first in the stack to fail, its status value will be used for - that of the whole stack. + that of the whole stack. This is the default action for + all return codes. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -336,6 +337,13 @@ </variablelist> <para> + If a return code's action is not specifically defined via a + <emphasis>valueN</emphasis> token, and the + <emphasis>default</emphasis> value is not specified, that return + code's action defaults to <emphasis>bad</emphasis>. + </para> + + <para> Each of the four keywords: required; requisite; sufficient; and optional, have an equivalent expression in terms of the [...] syntax. They are as follows: |