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35.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libpam/modules/pam_securetty/pam_securetty.8 92297 2002-03-14 23:27:59Z des $
36.\"
37.Dd July 8, 2001
38.Dt PAM_SECURETTY 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm pam_securetty
42.Nd SecureTTY PAM module
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Op Ar service-name
45.Ar module-type
46.Ar control-flag
47.Pa pam_securetty
48.Op Ar options
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The SecureTTY service module for PAM,
51.Nm
52provides functionality for only one PAM category:
53account management.
54In terms of the
55.Ar module-type
56parameter, this is the
57.Dq Li account
58feature.
59It also provides null functions for authentication and session
60management.
61.Ss SecureTTY Account Management Module
62The SecureTTY account management component
63.Pq Fn pam_sm_acct_mgmt ,
64returns failure if the user is attempting to authenticate as superuser,
65and the process is attached to an insecure TTY.
66In all other cases, the module returns success.
67.Pp
68A TTY is considered secure if it is listed in
69.Pa /etc/ttys
70and has the
71.Dv TTY_SECURE
72flag set.
73.Pp
74The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
75.Bl -tag -width ".Cm no_warn"
76.It Cm debug
77.Xr syslog 3
78debugging information at
79.Dv LOG_DEBUG
80level.
81.It Cm no_warn
82suppress warning messages to the user.
83These messages include
84reasons why the user's
85authentication attempt was declined.
86.El
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr getttynam 3 ,
89.Xr pam 3 ,
90.Xr syslog 3 ,
91.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
92.Xr ttys 5
93