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PAM_PASSWD_AUTH(5)					    PAM_PASSWD_AUTH(5)

NAME
       pam_passwd_auth - authentication module for password

SYNOPSIS
       pam_passwd_auth.so.1

DESCRIPTION
       pam_passwd_auth	provides  authentication functionality to the password
       service as implemented by passwd(1). It differs from the	 standard  PAM
       authentication  modules	in  its	 prompting  behavior. It should be the
       first module on the password service authentication stack.

       The name of the user whose password attributes are to be	 updated  must
       be present in the PAM_USER item. This can be accomplished due to a pre‐
       vious call to pam_start(3PAM), or explicitly set by pam_set_item(3PAM).
       Based  on the current user-id and the repository that is to by updated,
       the module determines whether a password is necessary for a  successful
       update  of  the	password  repository,  and  if	so,  which password is
       required.

       The following options can be passed to the module:

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

       nowarn
			Turn off warning messages

       server_policy
			If the account authority for the user, as specified by
			PAM_USER, is a server, do not apply  the  Unix	policy
			from the passwd entry in the name service switch.

ERRORS
       The following error codes are returned:

       PAM_BUF_ERR
			 Memory buffer error

       PAM_IGNORE
			 Ignore module, not participating in result

       PAM_SUCCESS
			 Successfully obtains authentication token

       PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
			 System error

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
       │  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    │	  ATTRIBUTE VALUE     │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability │ Evolving		      │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
       │MT Level	    │ MT-Safe with exceptions │
       └────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       passwd(1),    pam(3PAM),	   pam_authenticate(3PAM),    pam_start(3PAM),
       pam_set_item(3PAM),     syslog(3C),     libpam(3LIB),	  pam.conf(4),
       attributes(5),	pam_authtok_check(5),	pam_authtok_get(5),  pam_auth‐
       tok_store(5),  pam_dhkeys(5),  pam_unix_account(5),   pam_unix_auth(5),
       pam_unix_session(5)

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

       This module relies on the value of the current real UID, this module is
       only safe for MT-applications that don't change UIDs during the call to
       pam_authenticate(3PAM).

       The pam_unix(5) module is no longer supported. Similar functionality is
       provided	  by   pam_authtok_check(5),   pam_authtok_get(5),   pam_auth‐
       tok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5),  pam_passwd_auth(5),  pam_unix_account(5),
       pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).

				 Aug 10, 2002		    PAM_PASSWD_AUTH(5)
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