PAM_GROUP(8)

PAM_GROUP(8) | System Manager's Manual | PAM_GROUP(8)

# NAME

`pam_group` —
Group PAM module

# SYNOPSIS

[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_group [arguments]

# DESCRIPTION

The group service module for PAM accepts or rejects users based on their membership in a particular file group.

The following options may be passed to the `pam_group` module:

`deny`
  Reverse the meaning of the test, i.e., reject the applicant if and only if he or she is a member of the specified group. This can be useful to exclude certain groups of users from certain services.
`fail_safe`
  If the specified group does not exist, or has no members, act as if it does exist and the applicant is a member.
`group`=groupname
  Specify the name of the group to check. The default is “`wheel`”.
`root_only`
  Skip this module entirely if the target account is not the superuser account.
`authenticate`
  The user is asked to authenticate using his own password.

# SEE ALSO

pam.conf(5), pam(8)

# AUTHORS

The `pam_group` module and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.

February 1, 2005 | NetBSD 9.5