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PAM_LOCALUSER(8)	       Linux-PAM Manual		      PAM_LOCALUSER(8)

NAME
       pam_localuser - require users to be listed in /etc/passwd

SYNOPSIS
       pam_localuser.so [debug] [file=/path/passwd]

DESCRIPTION
       pam_localuser is a PAM module to help implementing site-wide login
       policies, where they typically include a subset of the network's users
       and a few accounts that are local to a particular workstation. Using
       pam_localuser and pam_wheel or pam_listfile is an effective way to
       restrict access to either local users and/or a subset of the network's
       users.

       This could also be implemented using pam_listfile.so and a very short
       awk script invoked by cron, but it's common enough to have been
       separated out.

OPTIONS
       debug
	  Print debug information.

       file=/path/passwd
	  Use a file other than /etc/passwd.

MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED
       The auth and account services are supported.

RETURN VALUES
       PAM_SUCCESS
	  The new localuser was set successfull.

       PAM_SERVICE_ERR
	  No username was given.

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
	  User not known.

EXAMPLES
       Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/su to allow only local users in
       group wheel to use su.

	  account sufficient pam_localuser.so
	  account required pam_wheel.so

FILES
       /etc/passwd
	  Local user account information.

SEE ALSO
       pam.conf(5), pam.d(8), pam(8)

AUTHOR
       pam_localuser was written by Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com>.

Linux-PAM Manual		  06/09/2006		      PAM_LOCALUSER(8)
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