pam_dbm(5)

NAME
pam_dbm - PAM module for DBM authentication

SYNOPSIS
/usr/local/lib/security/pam_dbm.so.1

DESCRIPTION
pam_dbm is a shared library which gets dynamically loaded into the PAM framework. It provides DBM authentication for PAM-aware applications. The pam_dbm module takes a single argument, which is the path to the DBM file. The database uses user names as keys and encrypted passwords as values. It can be created using the mkpwdbm(8) command.

EXAMPLE
To set up pam_dbm to authenticate the IMAP service using a different password database, put the following in /etc/pam.conf:

    imapd auth required /usr/local/lib/security/pam_dbm.so.1 /etc/passwd.imap

BUGS
The pam_dbm module only implements the functions for the "auth" module type (pam_sm_authenticate(3) and pam_sm_setcred(3)). The module does not implement functions for the "account", "session", and "password" module types.

FILES
/etc/pam.conf

SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam.conf(4), mkpwdbm(8)

AUTHOR
Mark D. Roth <roth@uiuc.edu>