PAM_RHOSTS_AUTH(5)PAM_RHOSTS_AUTH(5)NAME
pam_rhosts_auth - authentication management PAM module using ruserok()SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1
DESCRIPTION
The rhosts PAM module, /usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1,
authenticates a user via the rlogin authentication protocol. Only
pam_sm_authenticate() is implemented within this module.
pam_sm_authenticate() uses the ruserok(3SOCKET) library function to
authenticate the rlogin or rsh user. pam_sm_setcred() is a null func‐
tion.
/usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1 is designed to be stacked on top
of the /usr/lib/security/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(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌───────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├───────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│MT Level │ MT-Safe with exceptions │
└───────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOpam(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), ruserok(3SOCKET), syslog(3C), lib‐
pam(3LIB), pam.conf(4), attributes(5)NOTES
The interfaces in libpam() are MT-Safe only if each thread within the
multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.
Oct 28, 1996 PAM_RHOSTS_AUTH(5)