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PAM-AUTH-UPDATE(8)                   System Manager's Manual                   PAM-AUTH-UPDATE(8)

NAME
       pam-auth-update - manage PAM configuration using packaged profiles

SYNOPSIS
       pam-auth-update [--package [--remove profile [profile...]]]  [--force]

DESCRIPTION
       pam-auth-update  is  a  utility that permits configuring the central authentication policy
       for the system using pre-defined profiles as supplied by PAM  module  packages.   Profiles
       shipped in the /usr/share/pam-configs/ directory specify the modules, with options, to en-
       able; the preferred ordering with respect to other profiles; and whether a profile  should
       be  enabled by default.  Packages providing PAM modules register their profiles at install
       time by calling pam-auth-update --package.  Selection of profiles is done using the  stan-
       dard debconf interface.  The profile selection question will be asked at `medium' priority
       when packages are added or removed, so no user interaction is required by default.   Users
       may invoke pam-auth-update directly to change their authentication configuration.

       The script makes every effort to respect local changes to /etc/pam.d/common-*.  Local mod-
       ifications to the list of module options will  be  preserved,  and  additions  of  modules
       within  the  managed  portion  of the stack will cause pam-auth-update to treat the config
       files as locally modified and not make further changes to the config  files  unless  given
       the --force option.

       If  the  user  specifies that pam-auth-update should override local configuration changes,
       the locally-modified files will be saved in /etc/pam.d/ with a suffix of .pam-old.

OPTIONS
       --package
              Indicate that the caller is a package maintainer script; lowers the priority of de-
              bconf questions to `medium' so that the user is not prompted by default.

       --enable profile [profile...]
              Enable  the specified profiles in system configuration. This is used to enable pro-
              files that are not on by default.

       --remove profile [profile...]
              Remove the specified profiles from the system configuration.  pam-auth-update --re-
              move  should  be  used to remove profiles from the configuration before the modules
              they reference are removed from disk, to ensure that PAM is in a consistent and us-
              able state at all times during package upgrades or removals.

       --force
              Overwrite  the  current PAM configuration, without prompting.  This option must not
              be used by package maintainer scripts; it is intended  for  use  by  administrators
              only.

FILES
       /etc/pam.d/common-*
           Global configuration of PAM, affecting all installed services.

       /usr/share/pam-configs/
           Package-supplied authentication profiles.

AUTHOR
       Steve Langasek <steve.langasek AT canonical.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.

SEE ALSO
       PAM(7), pam.d(5), debconf(7)

Debian                                      08/23/2008                         PAM-AUTH-UPDATE(8)

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