DESCRIPTION
The RootOK authentication service module for PAM provides functionality for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the
module-type parameter, this is the “
auth” feature. It also provides a null function for session management.
RootOK Authentication Module
The RootOK authentication component (
pam_sm_authenticate()), always returns success for the superuser; i.e., if
getuid(2) returns 0.
The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
-
debug
-
syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level.
-
no_warn
-
suppress warning messages to the user. These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined.