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$FreeBSD: releng/10.3/lib/libpam/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 81729 2001-08-15 20:05:33Z markm $
.Dd July 8, 2001 .Dt PAM_ROOTOK 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_rootok .Nd RootOK PAM module .Sh SYNOPSIS .Op Ar service-name .Ar module-type .Ar control-flag
a pam_rootok .Op Ar options .Sh DESCRIPTION The RootOK authentication service module for PAM, .Nm provides functionality for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the .Ar module-type parameter, this is the .Dq Li auth feature. It also provides a null function for session management. .Ss RootOK Authentication Module The RootOK authentication component
q Fn pam_sm_authenticate , always returns success for the superuser; i.e., if .Xr getuid 2 returns 0.
p The following options may be passed to the authentication module: l -tag -width ".Cm no_warn" t Cm debug .Xr syslog 3 debugging information at .Dv LOG_DEBUG level. t Cm no_warn suppress warning messages to the user. These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getuid 2 , .Xr pam.conf 5 , .Xr pam 8