PAM_RHOSTS_AUTH(7) Standards, Environments, and Macros PAM_RHOSTS_AUTH(7)

NAME

pam_rhosts_auth - authentication management PAM module using ruserok()

SYNOPSIS

pam_rhosts_auth.so.1

DESCRIPTION

The rhosts PAM module, pam_rhosts_auth.so.1, authenticates a user via the
rlogin authentication protocol. Only pam_sm_authenticate(3PAM) is
implemented within this module. pam_sm_authenticate() uses the
ruserok(3SOCKET) library function to authenticate the rlogin or rsh user.
pam_sm_setcred(3PAM) is a null function.


pam_rhosts_auth.so.1 is designed to be stacked on top of the
pam_unix.so.1 module for both the rlogin and rsh services. This module is
normally configured as sufficient so that subsequent authentication is
performed only on failure of pam_sm_authenticate(). The following option
may be passed in to this service module:

debug
syslog(3C) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+---------------+-------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-------------------------+
|MT Level | MT-Safe with exceptions |
+---------------+-------------------------+

SEE ALSO

syslog(3C), libpam(3LIB), pam(3PAM), pam_sm_authenticate(3PAM),
pam_sm_setcred(3PAM), ruserok(3SOCKET), pam.conf(5), attributes(7)

NOTES

The interfaces in libpam(3LIB) are MT-Safe only if each thread within the
multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.

August 19, 2023 PAM_RHOSTS_AUTH(7)