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authorThorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>2015-03-24 16:57:14 +0100
committerThorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>2015-03-24 16:57:14 +0100
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Clarify pam_access docs re PAM service names and X $DISPLAY value testing.
(Ticket #39) * modules/pam_access/access.conf.5.xml * modules/pam_access/pam_access.8.xml Signed-off-by: Karl O. Pinc <kop at meme.com>
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diff --git a/modules/pam_access/pam_access.8.xml b/modules/pam_access/pam_access.8.xml
index 710e2e7b..c629a9f3 100644
--- a/modules/pam_access/pam_access.8.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_access/pam_access.8.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
The pam_access PAM module is mainly for access management.
It provides logdaemon style login access control based on login
names, host or domain names, internet addresses or network numbers,
- or on terminal line names in case of non-networked logins.
+ or on terminal line names, X <varname>$DISPLAY</varname> values,
+ or PAM service names in case of non-networked logins.
</para>
<para>
By default rules for access management are taken from config file
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
</para>
<para>
If Linux PAM is compiled with audit support the module will report
- when it denies access based on origin (host or tty).
+ when it denies access based on origin (host, tty, etc.).
</para>
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