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author | Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com> | 2020-08-11 14:54:29 -0700 |
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committer | Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com> | 2020-08-11 14:54:29 -0700 |
commit | f6d08ed47a3da3c08345bce2ca366e961c52ad7c (patch) | |
tree | dcbd0efb229b17f696f7195671f05b354b4f70fc /modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 | |
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New upstream version 1.4.0
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diff --git a/modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 b/modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 index 4dfbffbc..814008c3 100644 --- a/modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 +++ b/modules/pam_keyinit/pam_keyinit.8 @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ '\" t .\" Title: pam_keyinit .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 05/18/2017 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 06/08/2020 .\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual .\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "PAM_KEYINIT" "8" "05/18/2017" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" +.TH "PAM_KEYINIT" "8" "06/08/2020" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -36,19 +36,26 @@ pam_keyinit \- Kernel session keyring initialiser module .PP The pam_keyinit PAM module ensures that the invoking process has a session keyring other than the user default session keyring\&. .PP -The session component of the module checks to see if the process\*(Aqs session keyring is the user default, and, if it is, creates a new anonymous session keyring with which to replace it\&. -.PP -If a new session keyring is created, it will install a link to the user common keyring in the session keyring so that keys common to the user will be automatically accessible through it\&. -.PP -The session keyring of the invoking process will thenceforth be inherited by all its children unless they override it\&. +The module checks to see if the process\*(Aqs session keyring is the +\fBuser-session-keyring\fR(7), and, if it is, creates a new +\fBsession-keyring\fR(7) +with which to replace it\&. If a new session keyring is created, it will install a link to the +\fBuser-keyring\fR(7) +in the session keyring so that keys common to the user will be automatically accessible through it\&. The session keyring of the invoking process will thenceforth be inherited by all its children unless they override it\&. +.PP +In order to allow other PAM modules to attach tokens to the keyring, this module provides both an +\fIauth\fR +(limited to +\fBpam_setcred\fR(3) +and a +\fIsession\fR +component\&. The session keyring is created in the module called\&. Moreover this module should be included as early as possible in a PAM configuration\&. .PP This module is intended primarily for use by login processes\&. Be aware that after the session keyring has been replaced, the old session keyring and the keys it contains will no longer be accessible\&. .PP This module should not, generally, be invoked by programs like \fBsu\fR, since it is usually desirable for the key set to percolate through to the alternate context\&. The keys have their own permissions system to manage this\&. .PP -This module should be included as early as possible in a PAM configuration, so that other PAM modules can attach tokens to the keyring\&. -.PP The keyutils package is used to manipulate keys more directly\&. This can be obtained from: .PP \m[blue]\fBKeyutils\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2 @@ -130,7 +137,8 @@ This will prevent keys from one session leaking into another session for the sam .PP \fBpam.conf\fR(5), \fBpam.d\fR(5), -\fBpam\fR(8)\fBkeyctl\fR(1) +\fBpam\fR(8), +\fBkeyctl\fR(1) .SH "AUTHOR" .PP pam_keyinit was written by David Howells, <dhowells@redhat\&.com>\&. |