PAM_GUEST(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PAM_GUEST(8)NAMEpam_guest — Guest PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_guest [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
The guest service module for PAM allows guest logins. If successful, the
pam_guest module sets the PAM environment variable GUEST to the login
name. The application can check this variable using pam_getenv(3) to
differentiate guest logins from normal logins.
The following options may be passed to the pam_guest module:
guests=list Comma-separated list of guest account names. The default
is “guest”. A typical value for ftpd(8) would be
“anonymous,ftp”.
nopass Omits the password prompt if the target account is on the
list of guest accounts.
pass_as_ruser The password typed in by the user is exported as the
PAM_RUSER item. This is useful for applications like
ftpd(8) where guest users are encouraged to use their
email address as password.
pass_is_user Requires the guest user to type in the guest account name
as password.
SEE ALSOpam_getenv(3), pam_get_item(3), pam.conf(5), pam(8)AUTHORS
The pam_guest 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.
BSD May 26, 2003 BSD
