pam_tp_auth(5)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | Authentication Module | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO | NOTES

NAME

pam_tp_auth- Authentication PAM module for Trusted Solaris

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/security/pam_tp_auth.so.1 

DESCRIPTION

The Trusted Solaris service module for PAM, /usr/lib/security/pam_tp_auth.so.1, provides functionality for one PAM module: authentication. The pam_tp_auth.so.1 module is a shared object that can be dynamically loaded to provide the necessary functionality upon demand. Its path is specified in the PAM configuration file.

Authentication Module

The authentication component of pam_tp_auth.so provides a function that checks for the trusted path of the process that is requesting authentication.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT Level	MT-Safe with exceptions

SEE ALSO

Trusted Solaris 8 Reference Manual

pam_tsol(5)

SunOS 5.8 Reference Manual

keylogin(1), pam(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), pam_setcred(3PAM), libpam(4), pam.conf(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

The interfaces in libpam() are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.

Trusted Solaris 8  Last Revised 30 Sep 1999

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | Authentication Module | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO | NOTES