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PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8)    DragonFly System Manager's Manual   PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8)


NAME

     pam_login_access -- login.access PAM module


SYNOPSIS

     [service-name] module-type control-flag pam_login_access [options]


DESCRIPTION

     The login.access service module for PAM, pam_login_access provides
     functionality for only one PAM category: account management.  In terms of
     the module-type parameter, this is the ``account'' feature.

   Login.access Account Management Module
     The login.access account management component (pam_sm_acct_mgmt()),
     returns success if and only the user is allowed to log in on the
     specified tty (in the case of a local login) or from the specified remote
     host (in the case of a remote login), according to the restrictions
     listed in login.access(5).


SEE ALSO

     pam(3), login.access(5), pam.conf(5)


AUTHORS

     The login.access(5) access control scheme was designed and implemented by
     Wietse Venema.

     The pam_login_access module and this manual page were developed for the
     FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research
     Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract
     N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research
     program.

DragonFly 5.3                  January 24, 2002                  DragonFly 5.3

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