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PAM_ROOTOK(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual PAM_ROOTOK(8)

pam_rootok —
RootOK PAM module

[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_rootok [options]

The RootOK authentication service module for PAM, pam_rootok provides functionality for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the module-type parameter, this is the “auth” feature. It also provides a null function for session management.

The RootOK authentication component (pam_sm_authenticate()), always returns success for the superuser; i.e., if getuid(2) returns 0.

The following options may be passed to the authentication module:

syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level.
suppress warning messages to the user. These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined.

getuid(2), pam.conf(5), pam(8)
July 8, 2001 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE
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