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PAMTESTER(1) PAMTESTER(1)
NAME
pamtester - test pluggable authentication module (PAM) facility
SYNOPSIS
pamtester [-v] [-I item=value] [-E var=value] service user operation
[operation ...]
DESCRIPTION
Test pluggable authentication module (PAM) facility.
service is the PAM service name. user is the name of the user account
to operate with the PAM facility. The following operations are sup‐
ported.
authenticate
Authenticate user. A conversation may subsequently take place to
prompt user input to retrieve necessary authentication informa‐
tion.
acct_mgmt
Perform account management on user. A conversation may subse‐
quently take place to prompt user input for necessary authenti‐
cation information.
open_session
Open a new session for user.
close_session
Close the current session for user.
chauthtok
Change the authentication token currently assigned to user.
Conversation may subsequently take place to prompt user input
for necessary authentication information.
Note that some operations may eventually need additional privileges to
fulfill the request depending on the service configuration.
Any operation may also be followed by the option flags that are pro‐
vided between the pair of parenthesis. Flags are all named and combin‐
able or inversible with bitwise operators; "|" (OR), "&" (AND), "^"
(XOR) and "~" (NOT) are accepted.
authenticate(PAM_SILENT | PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK)
The list of allowed options is shown below:
- PAM_SILENT
- PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
- PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
- PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
- PAM_REFRESH_CRED
- PAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK
Additional authentication information such as the name of the remote
user, the remote host and the tty can be supplied via -I (--item)
option.
The following types of information are supported:
- service
- user
- prompt
- tty
- ruser
- rhost
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Turn on verbose mode.
-I item=value, --item item=value
Provide additional information to authentication module.
-E var=value, --env var=value
Set environment variable var to value
AUTHOR
Written by Moriyoshi Koizumi <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <pamtester-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 - 2005 Moriyoshi Koizumi. All rights reserved.
SEE ALSO
pam(7)
pamtester 0.1.2 March 2005 PAMTESTER(1)
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