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Implement environment variable management. This actually wires up the environment variable handling to libpam, so that applications and modules can manage the environment through the authentication process.
author Paul Fisher <paul@pfish.zone>
date Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:08:01 -0400
parents b87100c5eed4
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//! A safe, nonstick interface to PAM.
//!
//! This implements a type-safe library to interact with PAM.
//! Currently, it implements a subset of PAM useful for implementing a module.
//!
//! To write a new PAM module using this crate:
//!
//!  1. Create a `dylib` crate.
//!  2. Implement a subset of the functions in the [`PamModule`] trait
//!     corresponding to what you want your module to do.
//!     In the simplest case (for a new password-based authenticator),
//!     this will be the [`PamModule::authenticate`] function.
//!  3. Export your PAM module using the [`pam_hooks!`] macro.
//!  4. Build and install the dynamic library.
//!     This usually entails placing it at
//!     <code>/usr/lib/security/pam_<var>your_module</var>.so</code>,
//!     or maybe
//!     <code>/usr/lib/<var>your-architecture</var>/security/pam_<var>your_module</var>.so</code>.
//!
//! For general information on writing PAM modules, see
//! [The Linux-PAM Module Writers' Guide][module-guide]
//!
//! [module-guide]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/Linux-PAM_MWG.html

// Temporary until everything is fully wired up.
#![allow(dead_code)]

pub mod constants;
pub mod conv;
pub mod module;

pub mod handle;

mod environ;
#[cfg(feature = "link")]
mod libpam;
pub mod logging;

#[cfg(feature = "link")]
#[doc(inline)]
pub use crate::libpam::{LibPamHandle, OwnedLibPamHandle};
#[doc(inline)]
pub use crate::{
    constants::{ErrorCode, Flags, Result},
    conv::{BinaryData, Conversation, ConversationAdapter},
    environ::{EnvironMap, EnvironMapMut},
    handle::{PamHandleApplication, PamHandleModule, PamShared},
    module::PamModule,
};