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diff --git a/doc/man/pam.conf-dir.xml b/doc/man/pam.conf-dir.xml index 8272337b..57b2991c 100644 --- a/doc/man/pam.conf-dir.xml +++ b/doc/man/pam.conf-dir.xml @@ -1,15 +1,25 @@ <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="pam.conf-dir"> <para> More flexible than the single configuration file is it to - configure libpam via the contents of the - <filename>/etc/pam.d/</filename> directory. In this case the - directory is filled with files each of which has a filename + configure libpam via the contents of + <filename>pam.d</filename> directories. In this case the + directories are filled with files each of which has a filename equal to a service-name (in lower-case): it is the personal configuration file for the named service. </para> <para> - The syntax of each file in /etc/pam.d/ is similar to that of the + Vendor-supplied PAM configuration files might be installed in + the system directory <filename>/usr/lib/pam.d/</filename> or + a configurable vendor specific directory instead + of the machine configuration directory <filename>/etc/pam.d/</filename>. + If no machine configuration file is found, the vendor-supplied file + is used. All files in <filename>/etc/pam.d/</filename> override + files with the same name in other directories. + </para> + + <para> + The syntax of each file in pam.d is similar to that of the <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> file and is made up of lines of the following form: </para> @@ -24,4 +34,4 @@ type control module-path module-arguments For example, <filename>/etc/pam.d/login</filename> contains the configuration for the <emphasis remap="B">login</emphasis> service. </para> -</section>
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