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PAM-AUTH-UPDATE(8)					    PAM-AUTH-UPDATE(8)

NAME
       pam-auth-update - manage PAM configuration using packaged profiles

SYNOPSIS
       pam-auth-update [--package [--remove profile [profile...]]]  [--force]

DESCRIPTION
       pam-auth-update	is  a  utility	that  permits  configuring the central
       authentication policy for the system using pre-defined profiles as sup‐
       plied	by   PAM   module   packages.	 Profiles   shipped   in   the
       /usr/share/pam-configs/ directory specify the modules, with options, to
       enable;	the  preferred	ordering  with	respect to other profiles; and
       whether a profile should be enabled by default.	Packages providing PAM
       modules	 register   their   profiles   at   install  time  by  calling
       pam-auth-update --package.  Selection of profiles  is  done  using  the
       standard	 debconf  interface.   The  profile selection question will be
       asked at `medium' priority when packages are added or  removed,	so  no
       user   interaction   is	 required   by	 default.   Users  may	invoke
       pam-auth-update directly to change their authentication configuration.

       The  script  makes  every  effort   to	respect	  local	  changes   to
       /etc/pam.d/common-*.  Local modifications to the list of module options
       will be preserved, and additions of modules within the managed  portion
       of  the	stack  will cause pam-auth-update to treat the config files as
       locally modified and not make  further  changes	to  the	 config	 files
       unless given the --force option.

       If  the	user specifies that pam-auth-update should override local con‐
       figuration  changes,  the  locally-modified  files  will	 be  saved  in
       /etc/pam.d/ with a suffix of .pam-old.

OPTIONS
       --package
	      Indicate	that the caller is a package maintainer script; lowers
	      the priority of debconf questions to `medium' so that  the  user
	      is not prompted by default.

       --remove profile [profile...]
	      Remove  the  specified  profiles	from the system configuration.
	      pam-auth-update --remove should be used to remove profiles  from
	      the  configuration before the modules they reference are removed
	      from disk, to ensure that PAM is	in  a  consistent  and	usable
	      state at all times during package upgrades or removals.

       --force
	      Overwrite	 the  current  PAM  configuration,  without prompting.
	      This option must not be used by package maintainer  scripts;  it
	      is intended for use by administrators only.

FILES
       /etc/pam.d/common-*
	   Global configuration of PAM, affecting all installed services.

       /usr/share/pam-configs/
	   Package-supplied authentication profiles.

AUTHOR
       Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2008 Canonical Ltd.

SEE ALSO
       PAM(7), pam.d(5), debconf(7)

Debian				  08/23/2008		    PAM-AUTH-UPDATE(8)
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