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.\" $FreeBSD: release/9.1.0/lib/libpam/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 81729 2001-08-15 20:05:33Z markm $
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.Dd July 8, 2001
.Dt PAM_ROOTOK 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_rootok
.Nd RootOK PAM module
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Op Ar service-name
.Ar module-type
.Ar control-flag
.Pa pam_rootok
.Op Ar options
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The RootOK authentication service module for PAM,
.Nm
provides functionality for only one PAM category:
authentication.
In terms of the
.Ar module-type
parameter, this is the
.Dq Li auth
feature.
It also provides a null function for session management.
.Ss RootOK Authentication Module
The RootOK authentication component
.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate ,
always returns success for the superuser;
i.e.,
if
.Xr getuid 2
returns 0.
.Pp
The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm no_warn"
.It Cm debug
.Xr syslog 3
debugging information at
.Dv LOG_DEBUG
level.
.It Cm no_warn
suppress warning messages to the user.
These messages include
reasons why the user's
authentication attempt was declined.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getuid 2 ,
.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
.Xr pam 8