pam_guest(8)

NAME

pam_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 ex

ported as the

PAM_RUSER item. This is useful for ap

plications 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 ALSO

pam_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

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