pam_env(8) BSD System Manager's Manual pam_env(8)NAMEpam_env — The Environment PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[service-name] function-class control-flag pam_env [options]
DESCRIPTION
The Environment PAM module supports the authentication and session man‐
agement function classes. In terms of the function-class parameter,
these are “auth” and “session” respectively. The Environment PAM module
has identical support for both supported function classes.
The Environment PAM module allows the setting and unsetting of environ‐
ment variables. The use of previously set environment variables as well
as PAM_ITEMs such as PAM_RHOST is supported.
This module can also parse a file with simple KEY=VAL pairs on separate
lines (/etc/environment by default). You can change the default file to
parse, with the envfile flag and turn it on or off by setting the readenv
flag to 1 or 0 respectively.
The following options may be passed to this module:
conffile=/path/to/pam_env.conf
Indicate an alternative pam_env.conf style configuration file
to override the default. This can be useful when different
services need different environments.
debug A lot of debug information will be printed to the system log.
envfile=/path/to/environment
Indicate an alternative environment file to override the
default. This can be useful when different services need dif‐
ferent environments.
readenv=0|1
Turns on or off the reading of the file specified by envfile
(0 is off, 1 is on). By default this option is on.
FILES
/etc/security/pam_env.conf The default configuration file.
/etc/environment The default environment file.
SEE ALSOenviron(7), pam.conf(5), pam(8)AUTHORS
The pam_env module was written by Dave Kinchlea <kinch@kinch.ark.com>.
BSD February 7, 2009 BSD
