PAM(8) PAM(8) (NAME) PAM - (Pluggable Authentication Modules) (DESCRIPTION) PAM . Linux-PAM . Linux-PAM system administrators' guide . Linux-PAM () . (Application Programming Interface - API) ( login(1) su(1)) . PAM . . Linux-PAM /etc/pam.conf . pam.d . Linux-PAM /etc/pam.conf (ignore). PAM /usr/lib/pam.d/ /etc/pam.d/ . . /etc/pam.d/ . ( ) Linux-PAM . () (define) (services) (PAMs) . Linux-PAM : (account) (auth) (password) (session). ( .) : account - : auth - (credentials). - : . ( ) - Linux-PAM . password - . auth . : . session - . (audit trails) (mount) . session . (FILES) /etc/pam.conf /etc/pam.d Linux-PAM. /etc/pam.conf . /usr/lib/pam.d (vendor) Linux-PAM. /etc/pam.d . (ERRORS) Linux-PAM syslog(3) . (CONFORMING TO) DCE-RFC 86.0 . RFC . (SEE ALSO) pam(3), pam_authenticate(3), pam_sm_setcred(3), pam_strerror(3), PAM(8) Linux-PAM PAM(8)