NAME
pam_rootok —
RootOK PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_rootok [options]
DESCRIPTION
The RootOK authentication service module for PAM 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.
RootOK Authentication Module
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:
debug- syslog(3) debugging information at
LOG_DEBUGlevel. no_warn- suppress warning messages to the user. These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined.