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PAM_GROUP(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_GROUP(8)
pam_group - PAM module for group access
pam_group.so
The pam_group PAM module does not authenticate the user, but instead
it grants group memberships (in the credential setting phase of the
authentication module) to the user. Such memberships are based on the
service they are applying for.
By default rules for group memberships are taken from config file
/etc/security/group.conf.
This module's usefulness relies on the file-systems accessible to the
user. The point being that once granted the membership of a group,
the user may attempt to create a setgid binary with a restricted
group ownership. Later, when the user is not given membership to this
group, they can recover group membership with the precompiled binary.
The reason that the file-systems that the user has access to are so
significant, is the fact that when a system is mounted nosuid the
user is unable to create or execute such a binary file. For this
module to provide any level of security, all file-systems that the
user has write access to should be mounted nosuid.
The pam_group module functions in parallel with the /etc/group file.
If the user is granted any groups based on the behavior of this
module, they are granted in addition to those entries /etc/group (or
equivalent).
This module does not recognise any options.
Only the auth module type is provided.
PAM_SUCCESS
group membership was granted.
PAM_ABORT
Not all relevant data could be gotten.
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_CRED_ERR
Group membership was not granted.
PAM_IGNORE
pam_sm_authenticate was called which does nothing.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
The user is not known to the system.
/etc/security/group.conf
Default configuration file
group.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8).
pam_group was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.
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Linux-PAM Manual 04/01/2016 PAM_GROUP(8)
Pages that refer to this page: group.conf(5)