Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Managing System Security

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)

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2 and 3 of /etc/pam.conf with “debug” and “try_first_pass”,

respectively. Then the modules speciﬁed by lines 2 and 3 are executed

with the revised options.

When isabel logs in, line 1 in /etc/pam.conf causes PAM to read

/etc/pam_user.conf and temporarily replace the

options

ﬁeld of line 2

of /etc/pam.conf with “debug use_psd”. Line 3 is unchanged. Then the

modules speciﬁed by lines 2 and 3 are executed with the revised options.

When george logs in, line 1 in /etc/pam.conf causes PAM to read

/etc/pam_user.conf. Since there are no entries for george, lines 2 and

3 of /etc/pam_user.conf are not changed. Then the modules speciﬁed

by lines 2 and 3 are executed with no changes.