The RootOK authentication service module for PAM,
provides functionality for only one PAM category:
authentication.
In terms of the
module-type
parameter, this is the
``auth
''
feature.
It also provides a null function for session management.
RootOK Authentication Module
The RootOK authentication component
(Fn pam_sm_authenticate
)
always returns success for the superuser;
i.e.,
if
getuid(2)
returns 0.
The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
debug
syslog(3)
debugging information at
LOG_DEBUG
level.
no_warn
suppress warning messages to the user.
These messages include
reasons why the user's
authentication attempt was declined.
