glfs/postlfs/security/pam/linux_pam-config.xml

<sect2>
<title>Configuring Linux_PAM</title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><userinput>/etc/pam.d</userinput> or <userinput>/etc/pam.conf</userinput></para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Configuration information is placed in
<filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> or <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>
depending on the application that is using PAM. Below are example files of
each type:
</para>

<screen># Begin /etc/pam.d/other

auth            required        pam_unix.so     nullok
account         required        pam_unix.so
session         required        pam_unix.so
password        required        pam_unix.so     nullok

# End /etc/pam.d/other

# Begin /etc/pam.conf

other           auth            required        pam_unix.so     nullok
other           account         required        pam_unix.so
other           session         required        pam_unix.so
other           password        required        pam_unix.so     nullok

# End /etc/pam.conf</screen>

<para>The pam manpage provides a good starting point for descriptions of
fields and allowable entries.  The <ulink
url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam.html">Linux-PAM
guide for system administrators</ulink> and two PAM hints located at <ulink url="http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org"/> are also available for further reading.</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>