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diff --git a/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8 b/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8 index 6cfbbfe..2465cc6 100644 --- a/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8 +++ b/modules/pam_tally/pam_tally.8 @@ -1,161 +1,22 @@ +'\" t .\" Title: pam_tally .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/21/2011 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 09/19/2013 .\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual .\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "PAM_TALLY" "8" "06/21/2011" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" +.TH "PAM_TALLY" "8" "09/19/2013" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.\" * (re)Define some macros +.\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.\" toupper - uppercase a string (locale-aware) +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.de toupper -.tr aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ -\\$* -.tr aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz -.. -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.\" SH-xref - 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put colored marker in margin next to block of text -.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.de BM -.if t \{\ -.br -.ll -2n -.gcolor red -.di BX -.\} -.. -.de EM -.if t \{\ -.br -.di -.ll -.gcolor -.nr BH \\n(dn -.ne \\n(BHu -\M[\\$1]\D'P -.75n 0 0 \\n(BHu -(\\n[.i]u - \\n(INu - .75n) 0 0 -\\n(BHu'\M[] -.in 0 -.nf -.BX -.in -.fi -.\} -.. +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -166,17 +27,13 @@ .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- -.SH "Name" +.SH "NAME" pam_tally \- The login counter (tallying) module -.SH "Synopsis" -.fam C +.SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\fBpam_tally\&.so\fR\ 'u \fBpam_tally\&.so\fR [file=\fI/path/to/counter\fR] [onerr=[\fIfail\fR|\fIsucceed\fR]] [magic_root] [even_deny_root_account] [deny=\fIn\fR] [lock_time=\fIn\fR] [unlock_time=\fIn\fR] [per_user] [no_lock_time] [no_reset] [audit] [silent] [no_log_info] -.fam -.fam C .HP \w'\fBpam_tally\fR\ 'u \fBpam_tally\fR [\-\-file\ \fI/path/to/counter\fR] [\-\-user\ \fIusername\fR] [\-\-reset[=\fIn\fR]] [\-\-quiet] -.fam .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This module maintains a count of attempted accesses, can reset count on success, can deny access if too many attempts fail\&. @@ -188,7 +45,7 @@ pam_tally comes in two parts: and \fBpam_tally\fR\&. The former is the PAM module and the latter, a stand\-alone program\&. \fBpam_tally\fR -is an (optional) application which can be used to interrogate and manipulate the counter file\&. It can display users\' counts, set individual counts, or clear all counts\&. Setting artificially high counts may be useful for blocking users without changing their passwords\&. For example, one might find it useful to clear all counts every midnight from a cron job\&. The +is an (optional) application which can be used to interrogate and manipulate the counter file\&. It can display users\*(Aq counts, set individual counts, or clear all counts\&. Setting artificially high counts may be useful for blocking users without changing their passwords\&. For example, one might find it useful to clear all counts every midnight from a cron job\&. The \fBfaillog\fR(8) command can be used instead of pam_tally to to maintain the counter file\&. .PP @@ -196,7 +53,7 @@ Normally, failed attempts to access \fIroot\fR will \fBnot\fR -cause the root account to become blocked, to prevent denial\-of\-service: if your users aren\'t given shell accounts and root may only login via +cause the root account to become blocked, to prevent denial\-of\-service: if your users aren\*(Aqt given shell accounts and root may only login via \fBsu\fR or at the machine console (not telnet/rsh, etc), this is safe\&. .SH "OPTIONS" @@ -221,7 +78,7 @@ is given, else with the corresponding PAM error code\&. \fBfile=\fR\fB\fI/path/to/counter\fR\fR .RS 4 File where to keep counts\&. Default is -\FC/var/log/faillog\F[]\&. +/var/log/faillog\&. .RE .PP \fBaudit\fR @@ -231,12 +88,12 @@ Will log the user name into the system log if the user is not found\&. .PP \fBsilent\fR .RS 4 -Don\'t print informative messages\&. +Don\*(Aqt print informative messages\&. .RE .PP \fBno_log_info\fR .RS 4 -Don\'t log informative messages via +Don\*(Aqt log informative messages via \fBsyslog\fR(3)\&. .RE .RE @@ -276,13 +133,13 @@ If the module is invoked by a user with uid=0 the counter is not incremented\&. \fBno_lock_time\fR .RS 4 Do not use the \&.fail_locktime field in -\FC/var/log/faillog\F[] +/var/log/faillog for this user\&. .RE .PP \fBno_reset\fR .RS 4 -Don\'t reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&. +Don\*(Aqt reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&. .RE .PP \fBeven_deny_root_account\fR @@ -293,7 +150,7 @@ Root account can become unavailable\&. \fBper_user\fR .RS 4 If -\FC/var/log/faillog\F[] +/var/log/faillog contains a non\-zero \&.fail_max/\&.fail_locktime field for this user then use it instead of \fBdeny=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR/ \fBlock_time=\fR\fB\fIn\fR\fR @@ -302,8 +159,8 @@ parameter\&. .PP \fBno_lock_time\fR .RS 4 -Don\'t use \&.fail_locktime filed in -\FC/var/log/faillog\F[] +Don\*(Aqt use \&.fail_locktime filed in +/var/log/faillog for this user\&. .RE .RE @@ -312,7 +169,7 @@ ACCOUNT OPTIONS .RS 4 Account phase resets attempts counter if the user is \fBnot\fR -magic root\&. This phase can be used optionally for services which don\'t call +magic root\&. This phase can be used optionally for services which don\*(Aqt call \fBpam_setcred\fR(3) correctly or if the reset should be done regardless of the failure of the account phase of other modules\&. .PP @@ -324,7 +181,7 @@ If the module is invoked by a user with uid=0 the counter is not incremented\&. .PP \fBno_reset\fR .RS 4 -Don\'t reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&. +Don\*(Aqt reset count on successful entry, only decrement\&. .RE .RE .SH "MODULE TYPES PROVIDED" @@ -353,9 +210,9 @@ User not known\&. .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP Add the following line to -\FC/etc/pam\&.d/login\F[] +/etc/pam\&.d/login to lock the account after too many failed logins\&. The number of allowed fails is specified by -\FC/var/log/faillog\F[] +/var/log/faillog and needs to be set with pam_tally or \fBfaillog\fR(8) before\&. @@ -363,15 +220,7 @@ before\&. .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} -.fam C -.ps -1 .nf -.if t \{\ -.sp -1 -.\} -.BB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline -.sp -1 - auth required pam_securetty\&.so auth required pam_tally\&.so per_user auth required pam_env\&.so @@ -384,25 +233,18 @@ session required pam_unix\&.so session required pam_lastlog\&.so nowtmp session optional pam_mail\&.so standard -.EB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline -.if t \{\ -.sp 1 -.\} .fi -.fam -.ps +1 .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "FILES" .PP -\FC/var/log/faillog\F[] +/var/log/faillog .RS 4 failure logging file .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP - \fBfaillog\fR(8), \fBpam.conf\fR(5), \fBpam.d\fR(5), |