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diff --git a/Linux-PAM/doc/modules/pam_rootok.sgml b/Linux-PAM/doc/modules/pam_rootok.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index b5ae6921..00000000 --- a/Linux-PAM/doc/modules/pam_rootok.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,85 +0,0 @@ -<!-- - $Id: pam_rootok.sgml,v 1.2 2001/12/08 18:56:47 agmorgan Exp $ - - This file was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> ---> - -<sect1>The root access module - -<sect2>Synopsis - -<p> -<descrip> - -<tag><bf>Module Name:</bf></tag> -pam_rootok - -<tag><bf>Author:</bf></tag> -Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> - -<tag><bf>Maintainer:</bf></tag> -<bf>Linux-PAM</bf> maintainer - -<tag><bf>Management groups provided:</bf></tag> -authentication - -<tag><bf>Cryptographically sensitive:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Security rating:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Clean code base:</bf></tag> -Clean. - -<tag><bf>System dependencies:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Network aware:</bf></tag> - -</descrip> - -<sect2>Overview of module - -<p> -This module is for use in situations where the superuser wishes -to gain access to a service without having to enter a password. - -<sect2>Authentication component - -<p> -<descrip> - -<tag><bf>Recognized arguments:</bf></tag> -<tt/debug/ - -<tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag> - -This module authenticates the user if their <tt/uid/ is <tt/0/. -Applications that are created <em/setuid/-root generally retain the -<tt/uid/ of the user but run with the authority of an enhanced -<em/effective-/<tt/uid/. It is the real <tt/uid/ that is checked. - -<tag><bf>Examples/suggested usage:</bf></tag> - -In the case of the <tt/su/ application the historical usage is to -permit the superuser to adopt the identity of a lesser user without -the use of a password. To obtain this behavior under <tt/Linux-PAM/ -the following pair of lines are needed for the corresponding entry in -the configuration file: -<tscreen> -<verb> -# -# su authentication. Root is granted access by default. -# -su auth sufficient pam_rootok.so -su auth required pam_unix_auth.so -</verb> -</tscreen> - -<p> -Note. For programs that are run by the superuser (or started when the -system boots) this module should not be used to authenticate users. - -</descrip> - -<!-- -End of sgml insert for this module. ---> |