mestamp-types">6.36.3. MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

The auth and session module types are provided.

6.36.4. RETURN VALUES

PAM_AUTH_ERR

The module was not able to retrieve the user name or no valid timestamp file was found.

PAM_SUCCESS

Everything was successful.

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Timestamp file could not be created or updated.

6.36.5. NOTES

Users can get confused when they are not always asked for passwords when running a given program. Some users reflexively begin typing information before noticing that it is not being asked for.

6.36.6. EXAMPLES

auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so verbose
auth required   pam_unix.so

session required pam_unix.so
session optional pam_timestamp.so
    

6.36.7. FILES

/var/run/pam_timestamp/...

timestamp files and directories

6.36.8. AUTHOR

pam_timestamp was written by Nalin Dahyabhai.