PAM(8) PAM(8) (NAME) pam - (DESCRIPTION) pam (auth, account, session, password) . Linux-PAM . Linux-PAM system administrators' guide . Linux-PAM () . ( - API) ( login(1) su(1)) . PAM . . Linux-PAM /etc/pam.conf . pam.d . Linux-PAM /etc/pam.conf . PAM /usr/lib/pam.d/ /etc/pam.d/ . . /etc/pam.d/ (override) . Linux-PAM . () () (PAM) . Linux-PAM : account () authentication ( ) password () session (). ( .) : account - : authentication - . - : << >>. ( ) - Linux-PAM . password - . auth . . : << >>. session - . (audit trails) (mount) . session (hook) . (FILES) /etc/pam.conf /etc/pam.d Linux-PAM. /etc/pam.conf . /usr/lib/pam.d () 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)