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>11.6. Using PAM</H1
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>Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) is
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a flexible mechanism for authenticating users.
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Many Unix-like systems support PAM, including
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Solaris, nearly all Linux distributions
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(e.g., Red Hat Linux, Caldera, and Debian as of version 2.2),
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and FreeBSD as of version 3.1.
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By using PAM, your program can be independent of the
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authentication scheme (passwords, SmartCards, etc.).
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Basically, your program calls PAM, which at run-time determines
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which ``authentication modules'' are required by checking the configuration
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set by the local system administrator.
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If you're writing a program that requires authentication (e.g., entering
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a password), you should include support for PAM.
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You can find out more about the Linux-PAM project at
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