NAME

pamck - test PAM stack

SYNOPSIS

pamck [-hv] [-s SERVICE] [-g GROUP] USER [PASSWORD]

DESCRIPTION

Tests the functionality of PAM stack.

OPTIONS

-h

Print short help summary and exit.

-v

Print program version and copyright information and exit.

-s SERVICE

Select service name to use. Default group is check.

-g GROUP

Select PAM management group to check. Allowed arguments are:

EXIT CODES

0

Successful termination.

1

Invalid command line usage.

2

PAM stack returned error.

EXAMPLES

1.

Test if the user smith can be authenticated using the check service. The program will ask for password interactively:

pamck smith

2.

Same as above, but supply password on the command line:

pamck smith guessme

3.

Check if the user smith authenticates using the ftp service.

pamck -s ftp smith

NOTE

This manpage is a short description of pamck. For a detailed discussion, including examples and usage recommendations, refer to the PAM-modules Manual available in texinfo format. If the info reader and the tar documentation are properly installed on your system, the command

should give you access to the complete manual.

You can also view the manual using the info mode in emacs(1), or find it in various formats online at

If any discrepancies occur between this manpage and the PAM-modules Manual, the later shall be considered the authoritative source.

SEE ALSO

pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8).

AUTHORS

Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>

BUG REPORTS

Report bugs to <bug-pam-modules@gnu.org.ua>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2014 Sergey Poznyakoff
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.