NAME¶

pam_dbus - PAM module for asking the logged in user for confirmation

SYNOPSIS¶

pam_dbus.so

DESCRIPTION¶

The simple PAM module pam_dbus will, when being used to authenticate a (typically remote) user, use D-Bus to ask any currently logged in (typically local) user if that is OK.

RETURN VALUES¶

PAM_AUTH_ERR

PAM_SUCCESS

FILES¶

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/pam_dbus.conf

/etc/xdg/autostart/pam-dbus-notify.desktop

EXAMPLE¶

To use pam_dbus a line

as replacement or as addon line before the line

in one of the PAM configuration files sshd, su, su-l, and sudo below /etc/pam.d/. After /usr/share/pam_dbus/pam-dbus-notify had been started by /etc/xdg/autostart/pam-dbus-notify.desktop at login of a local user, this local user gets notified on usage of sshd, su, su-l, or sudo.

NOTES¶

The system administrator is aware that every modified file below /etc/pam.d/ is on his own obligation. For this: after an update of one of the pam packages, system upgrade, or system update, the system administrator may check the pam configuration by comparing the modified files with files having suffixes .rpmsave or .rpmnew for required supplements in the modified pam configuration files.

BUGS¶

Please read section NOTES.

SEE ALSO¶

pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)

AUTHOR¶

pam_dbus was written by Joachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de>