pam_canonicalize_user(8)

NAME#

pam_canonicalize_user - Get user name and canonicalize it

SYNOPSIS#

pam_canonicalize_user.so

DESCRIPTION#

This PAM module uses the name of the user obtained via pam_get_user(3) as a key to query the password database, and replaces PAM_USER with the pw_name value that has been returned.

OPTIONS#

This module does not recognise any options.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED#

Only the auth module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES#

PAM_IGNORE

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

PAM_INCOMPLETE

PAM_CONV_ERR

PAM_ABORT

PAM_BUF_ERR

EXAMPLES#

Prepend the PAM auth stack with the following line to canonicalize the user name before the authentication:

\n
        auth required pam_canonicalize_user.so
\n

SEE ALSO#

pam_get_user(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), getpwnam(3), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)

AUTHOR#

pam_canonicalize_user was written by Dmitry V. Levin <[email protected]>.