System Administration Guide: Security Services

Valid Service Names

The following table lists some valid service names, the module types that can be used with that service, and the daemon or command that is associated with the service name.

Not all module types are appropriate for each service. For example, the password module type is appropriate for only the passwd command. Also, since the passwd command is not concerned with authentication, there is no auth module type associated with it.

Table 3–2 Valid Service Names for the /etc/pam.conf File

Service Name 

Daemon or Command 

Applicable Module Types 

cron

/usr/sbin/cron

auth, account

dtlogin

/usr/dt/bin/dtlogin

auth, account, session

dtsession

/usr/dt/bin/dtsession

auth

ftp

/usr/sbin/in.ftpd

auth, account, session

init

/usr/sbin/init

session

login

/usr/bin/login

auth, account, session

passwd

/usr/bin/passwd

password

ppp

/usr/bin/ppp

auth, account, session

rexd

/usr/sbin/rpc.rexd

account, session

rlogin

/usr/sbin/in.rlogind

auth, account, session

rsh

/usr/sbin/in.rshd

auth, account, session

sac

/usr/lib/saf/sac

session

ssh

/usr/bin/ssh

auth, account, session

su

/usr/bin/su

auth, account

telnet

/usr/sbin/in.telnetd

auth, account, session

ttymon

/usr/lib/saf/ttymon

session

uucp

/usr/sbin/in.uucpd

auth, account, session