PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8) BSD 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 func‐
tionality 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 speci‐
fied 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 ALSOlogin.access(5), pam.conf(5), pam(8)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 Divi‐
sion of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract
N66001-01-C-8035 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
BSD January 24, 2002 BSD