%H

The name of the remote host (PAM_RHOST).

%h

The name of the local host.

%s

The service name (PAM_SERVICE).

%t

The name of the controlling terminal (PAM_TTY).

%U

The remote user name (PAM_RUSER).

%u

The local user name (PAM_USER).

All other sequences beginning with % expands to the characters following the % character.  

OPTIONS

file=/path/message

The content of the file /path/message will be printed with the PAM conversion function as PAM_TEXT_INFO.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

All module types (auth, account, password and session) are provided.  

RETURN VALUES

PAM_BUF_ERR

Memory buffer error.

PAM_SUCCESS

Message was successful printed.

PAM_IGNORE

PAM_SILENT flag was given or message file does not exist, no message printed.

EXAMPLES

For an example of the use of this module, we show how it may be used to print information about good passwords:

password optional pam_echo.so file=/usr/share/doc/good-password.txt
password required pam_unix.so
      

SEE ALSO

pam.conf(8), pam.d(5), pam(8)  

AUTHOR

Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de>

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

RETURN VALUES

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR