If you have PAM installed in your system the documentation is in
the /usr/doc/pam* directory.
The passwd command which supports PAM has a man page in Redhat 5.
If you don't have the man page in 4.2, there's a big chance you might
find it in the Web.
_
benchdelosangelesjr.
On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, L. M. Marchese wrote:
> I keep hearing about using PAM authentication. I have seen the
> /etc/pam.d directory and a couple for configuration files. I have read
> a couple of documents about pam but still don't understand its
> function. I have a couple of questions which may be elementary for some
> of you there:
>
> How one knows if his system is using PAM authentication? Does each
> rehad command check the /etc/pam.d directory to find out if there is a
> config file associated with it?
>
> Does a user's password in the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow get encrypted
> differently with the passwd command when one is using PAM than when he
> is not using PAM.
>
> My final question is, where on earth is the man page of passwd (1) and
> other missing man pages in RH4.2? Many man pages refer to other
> commands which cannot be found by the man utility. I checked all of the
> possible man directories and can't find them.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
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