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An irresponsible mix of implementing libpam-sys and other stuff.
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1 # libpam-sys
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3 This crate provides low-level access to PAM.
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5 ## Options
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7 With no features at all enabled, only the functions specified by the [X/SSO PAM specification][xsso] are available.
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9 - `extras` (enabled by default): Common extensions to PAM, shared by both OpenPAM and Linux-PAM.
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10 This includes, most notably, `pam_get_authtok`.
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11 *Illumos does not provide this.*
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12 - `illumos-ext`: Extensions provided only by Illumos.
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13 - `linux-pam-ext`: Extensions provided only by Linux-PAM.
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14 - `openpam-ext`: Extensions provided by OpenPAM.
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15 - `use-system-headers`: Source constants from your PAM system headers.
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17 ## References
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19 - [X/SSO PAM specification][xsso]: This 1997 document laid out the original specification for PAM.
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20 - [Linux-PAM repository][linux-pam]: The Linux-PAM implementation, used by most (all?) Linux distributions. Contains many extensions.
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21 - [Linux-PAM man page][man7]: Root man page for Linux-PAM, with links to additional PAM man pages.
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22 - [Linux-PAM guides][linux-guides]: Documentation for developers using PAM and sysadmins.
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23 - [OpenPAM repository][openpam]: The OpenPAM implementation, used by many BSD varieties. This hews very close to the spec.
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24 - [OpenPAM man page][manbsd]: NetBSD's root man page for OpenPAM.
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25 - [Illumos PAM repository][illumos-pam]: Illumos's implementation of PAM. Even more basic than OpenPAM.
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26 - [Illumos PAM man page][manillumos]: Illumos's root man page for its PAM implementation.
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28 [xsso]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/8329799/toc.htm
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29 [linux-pam]: https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam
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30 [man7]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/pam.8.html
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31 [linux-guides]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/
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32 [openpam]: https://git.des.dev/OpenPAM/OpenPAM
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33 [manbsd]: https://man.netbsd.org/pam.8
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34 [illumos-pam]: https://code.illumos.org/plugins/gitiles/illumos-gate/+/refs/heads/master/usr/src/lib/libpam/
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35 [manillumos]: https://illumos.org/man/3PAM/pam