pam.eclass – Gentoo Development Guide

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pam.eclass -- Handles pam related tasks

This eclass contains functions to install pamd configuration files and pam modules.

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dopamd <file> [more files]: Install pam auth config file in /etc/pam.d
newpamd <old name> <new name>: Install pam file <old name> as <new name> in /etc/pam.d
dopamsecurity <section> <file> [more files]: Installs the config files in /etc/security/<section>/
newpamsecurity <section> <old name> <new name>: Installs the config file <old name> as <new name> in /etc/security/<section>/
getpam_mod_dir: Returns the pam modules' directory for current implementation
pammod_hide_symbols: Hide all non-PAM-used symbols from the module; this function creates a simple ld version script that hides all the symbols that are not necessary for PAM to load the module, then uses append-flags to make sure that it gets used.
dopammod <file> [more files]: Install pam module file in the pam modules' dir for current implementation
newpammod <old name> <new name>: Install pam module file <old name> as <new name> in the pam modules' dir for current implementation
pamd_mimic_system <pamd file> [auth levels]: This function creates a pamd file which mimics system-auth file for the given levels in the /etc/pam.d directory.
pamd_mimic <stack> <pamd file> [auth levels]: This function creates a pamd file which mimics the given stack for the given levels in the /etc/pam.d directory.
cleanpamd <pamd file>: Cleans a pam.d file from modules that might not be present on the system where it's going to be installed