Document the even_root option.

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Dag-Erling Smørgrav 2002-01-24 13:35:06 +00:00
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@ -62,9 +62,13 @@ The Self authentication component
.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate , .Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate ,
returns success if and only if the target user's user ID is identical returns success if and only if the target user's user ID is identical
with the current real user ID. with the current real user ID.
If the current real user ID is non-zero, authentication will fail,
unless the
.Cm even_root
option was specified.
.Pp .Pp
The following options may be passed to the authentication module: The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm no_warn" .Bl -tag -width ".Cm even_root"
.It Cm debug .It Cm debug
.Xr syslog 3 .Xr syslog 3
debugging information at debugging information at
@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ level.
suppress warning messages to the user. suppress warning messages to the user.
These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt
was declined. was declined.
.It Cm even_root
do not automatically fail if the current real user ID is 0.
.El .El
.Sh SEE ALSO .Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getuid 2 , .Xr getuid 2 ,