PAM_PWHISTORY(8)
NAME
pam_pwhistory - PAM module to remember last passwords
SYNOPSIS
pam_pwhistory.so [debug] [use_authtok] [enforce_for_root] [remember=N] [retry=N] [authtok_type=STRING]
DESCRIPTION
This module saves the last passwords for each user in order to force
password change history and keep the user from alternating between the
same password too frequently.
This module does not work together with kerberos. In general, it does
not make much sense to use this module in conjunction with NIS or LDAP,
since the old passwords are stored on the local machine and are not
available on another machine for password history checking.
OPTIONS
- debug
- Turns on debugging via syslog(3).
- use_authtok
- When password changing enforce the module to use the new password
provided by a previously stacked password module (this is used in the example of the stacking of the pam_cracklib module documented below). - enforce_for_root
- If this option is set, the check is enforced for root, too.
- remember=N
- The last N passwords for each user are saved in
/etc/security/opasswd. The default is 10. - retry=N
- Prompt user at most N times before returning with error. The
default is 1. - authtok_type=STRING
- See pam_get_authtok(3) for more details.
MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the password module type is provided.
RETURN VALUES
- PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR
- No new password was entered, the user aborted password change or
new password couldn't be set. - PAM_IGNORE
- Password history was disabled.
- PAM_MAXTRIES
- Password was rejected too often.
- PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
- User is not known to system.
EXAMPLES
- An example password section would be:
- #%PAM-1.0
password required pam_pwhistory.so
password required pam_unix.so use_authtok - In combination with pam_cracklib:
#%PAM-1.0
password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3
password required pam_pwhistory.so use_authtok
password required pam_unix.so use_authtok
FILES
- /etc/security/opasswd
- File with password history
SEE ALSO
pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8) pam_get_authtok(3)
AUTHOR
- pam_pwhistory was written by Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>