pam

pluggable Authentication Modules

Check PAM configuration

$ pam-auth-update

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Test PAM authentication

$ pamtester [service] [user] authenticate

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View PAM config

$ cat /etc/pam.d/[service]

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Debug PAM

$ pam-auth-update --package

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pam modules configured in /etc/pam.d/

PAM is Pluggable Authentication Modules. Framework for system authentication.The system provides flexible authentication. Configured per-service.

Configuration files in /etc/pam.d/:auth

Authentication token verification.

account

Account validation.

password

Password update.

session

Session setup/teardown.

Critical system component. Misconfiguration can lock out users. Test carefully.

PAM was developed by Sun Microsystems as a pluggable authentication framework.