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 ,
returns success if and only if the target user's user ID is identical
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
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
.Xr syslog 3
debugging information at
@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ level.
suppress warning messages to the user.
These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt
was declined.
.It Cm even_root
do not automatically fail if the current real user ID is 0.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getuid 2 ,