PAM(8) - Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux
DESCRIPTION. This manual is intended to offer a quick introduction to Linux-PAM.For more information the reader is directed to the Linux-PAM system administrators' guide.. Linux-PAM is a system of libraries that handle the authentication tasks of applications (services) on the system. The library provides a stable general interface (Application Programming Interface - API) that privilege The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide Andrew G. Morgan, morgan@kernel.org DRAFT v0.76 2002/06/26 This manual documents what a system-administrator needs to know about the Linux-PAM library. It covers the correct syntax of the PAM configuration file and discusses strategies for maintaining a secure system. 1. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) 3.2. What. Quoting from the Linux-PAM System Administrator's Guide: "It is the purpose of the Linux-PAM project to separate the development of privilege granting software from the development of secure and appropriate authentication schemes.This is accomplished by providing a library of functions that an application may use to request that a user be authenticated." The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide: A reference
Detailed information about the Linux-PAM system can be found in The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide, The Linux-PAM Module Writers' Guide and The Linux-PAM Application Developers' Guide The specification of the Cryptographic Token Interface Standard (PKCS#11) is available at PKCS#11 - Cryptographic Token Interface Standard.
The certificate and its dedicated private key are thereby accessed by means of an appropriate PKCS #11 module. For the verification of the users' certificates, locally stored CA certificates as well as either online or locally accessible CRLs are used. Detailed information about the Linux-PAM system … Linux-PAM-1.3.0
PAM is a useful system for developers and administrators for several reasons: PAM provides a common authentication scheme that can be used with a wide variety of applications. PAM provides significant flexibility and control over authentication for both system administrators and application developers.
pam linux command man page NAME PAM, pam - Pluggable Authentication Modules for Linux DESCRIPTION. This manual is intended to offer a quick introduction to Linux-PAM.For more information the reader is directed to the Linux-PAM system administrators' guide. Linux-PAM is a system of libraries that handle the authentication tasks of applications (services) on the system. The library provides a stable general interface