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Preface

Part I Security Overview

1.  Security Services (Overview)

Part II System, File, and Device Security

2.  Managing Machine Security (Overview)

3.  Controlling Access to Systems (Tasks)

4.  Virus Scanning Service (Tasks)

5.  Controlling Access to Devices (Tasks)

6.  Using the Basic Audit Reporting Tool (Tasks)

7.  Controlling Access to Files (Tasks)

Part III Roles, Rights Profiles, and Privileges

8.  Using Roles and Privileges (Overview)

9.  Using Role-Based Access Control (Tasks)

10.  Security Attributes in Oracle Solaris (Reference)

Part IV Cryptographic Services

11.  Cryptographic Framework (Overview)

12.  Cryptographic Framework (Tasks)

13.  Key Management Framework

Part V Authentication Services and Secure Communication

14.  Network Services Authentication (Tasks)

PAM (Overview)

Benefits of Using PAM

Introduction to the PAM Framework

Changes to PAM for This Release

PAM (Tasks)

PAM (Task Map)

Planning for Your PAM Implementation

How to Add a PAM Module

How to Prevent Rhost-Style Access From Remote Systems With PAM

How to Log PAM Error Reports

PAM Configuration (Reference)

PAM Configuration File Syntax

How PAM Stacking Works

PAM Stacking Example

16.  Using SASL

17.  Using Secure Shell (Tasks)

18.  Secure Shell (Reference)

Part VI Kerberos Service

19.  Introduction to the Kerberos Service

20.  Planning for the Kerberos Service

21.  Configuring the Kerberos Service (Tasks)

22.  Kerberos Error Messages and Troubleshooting

23.  Administering Kerberos Principals and Policies (Tasks)

24.  Using Kerberos Applications (Tasks)

25.  The Kerberos Service (Reference)

Part VII Auditing in Oracle Solaris

26.  Auditing (Overview)

27.  Planning for Auditing

28.  Managing Auditing (Tasks)

29.  Auditing (Reference)

Glossary

Index

Using PAM

This chapter covers the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework. PAM provides a method to “plug in” authentication services into the Oracle Solaris OS. PAM provides support for multiple authentication services when accessing a system.

• PAM (Overview)

• PAM (Tasks)

• PAM Configuration (Reference)