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.Dd February 6, 2003
.Dt PAM_GROUP 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_group
.Nd Group PAM module
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Op Ar service-name
.Ar module-type
.Ar control-flag
.Pa pam_group
.Op Ar arguments
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The group service module for PAM accepts or rejects users based on
their membership in a particular file group.
.Pp
The following options may be passed to the
.Nm
module:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm fail_safe"
.It Cm deny
Reverse the meaning of the test, i.e., reject the applicant if and only
if he or she is a member of the specified group.
This can be useful to exclude certain groups of users from certain
services.
.It Cm fail_safe
If the specified group does not exist, or has no members, act as if
it does exist and the applicant is a member.
.It Cm group Ns = Ns Ar groupname
Specify the name of the group to check.
The default is
.Dq Li wheel .
.It Cm root_only
Skip this module entirely if the target account is not the superuser
account.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
.Xr pam 8
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
module and this manual page were developed for the
.Fx
Project by
ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.