PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PAM_LOGIN_ACCESS(8)NAMEpam_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 provides functionality for only
one PAM category: account management. In terms of the module-type param‐
eter, 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 if the user is allowed to log in on the spec‐
ified 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 /etc/login.access.
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