Manpages - pam_exec.8
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NAME
pam_exec - PAM module which calls an external command
SYNOPSIS
pam_exec.so [debug] [expose_authtok] [seteuid] [quiet] [quiet_log] [stdout] [log=/file/] [type=/type/] command [/…/]
DESCRIPTION
pam_exec is a PAM module that can be used to run an external command.
The childs environment is set to the current PAM environment list, as returned by pam_getenvlist*(3) In addition, the following PAM items are exported as environment variables: PAM_RHOST, PAM_RUSER, PAM_SERVICE, PAM_TTY, PAM_USER and PAM_TYPE, which contains one of the module types: *account, auth, password, open_session and close_session.
Commands called by pam_exec need to be aware of that the user can have control over the environment.
OPTIONS
debug
Print debug information.
expose_authtok
During authentication the calling command can read the password from *stdin*(3). Only first PAM_MAX_RESP_SIZE bytes of a password are provided to the command.
*log=*/file/
The output of the command is appended to file
*type=*/type/
Only run the command if the module type matches the given type.
stdout
Per default the output of the executed command is written to /dev/null. With this option, the stdout output of the executed command is redirected to the calling application. Its in the responsibility of this application what happens with the output. The log option is ignored.
quiet
Per default pam_exec.so will echo the exit status of the external command if it fails. Specifying this option will suppress the message.
quiet_log
Per default pam_exec.so will log the exit status of the external command if it fails. Specifying this option will suppress the log message.
seteuid
Per default pam_exec.so will execute the external command with the real user ID of the calling process. Specifying this option means the command is run with the effective user ID.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
All module types (auth, account, password and session) are provided.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS
The external command was run successfully.
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_CONV_ERR
The conversation method supplied by the application failed to obtain the username.
PAM_INCOMPLETE
The conversation method supplied by the application returned PAM_CONV_AGAIN.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
No argument or a wrong number of arguments were given.
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
A system error occurred or the command to execute failed.
PAM_IGNORE
pam_setcred was called, which does not execute the command. Or, the value given for the type= parameter did not match the module type.
EXAMPLES
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/passwd to rebuild the NIS database after each local password change:
password optional pam_exec.so seteuid /usr/bin/make -C /var/yp
This will execute the command
make -C /var/yp
with effective user ID.
SEE ALSO
*pam.conf*(5), *pam.d*(5), *pam*(8)
AUTHOR
pam_exec was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de> and Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>.