| Linux / Unix Command: pam_timestamp |
NAME
pam_timestamp - authenticate using cached successful authentication attemptsSYNOPSIS
auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_timestamp.sosession optional /lib/security/pam_timestamp.so
DESCRIPTION
In a nutshell, pam_timestamp caches successful authentication attempts, and allows you to use a recent successful attempt as the basis for authentication.When an application opens a session using pam_timestamp, a timestamp file is created in the timestampdir directory for the user. When an application attempts to authenticate the user, a pam_timestamp will treat a sufficiently- recent timestamp file as grounds for succeeding.
ARGUMENTS
- debug
- turns on debugging via syslog(3).
- timestampdir=name
- tells pam_timestamp.so where to place and search for timestamp files. This should match the directory configured for sudo(1) in the sudoers(5) file.
- timestamp_timeout=number
- tells pam_timestamp.so how long it should treat timestamp files as valid after their last modification date. This should match the value configured for sudo(1) in the sudoers(5) file.
- verbose
-
attempt to inform the user when access is granted.
EXAMPLE
/etc/pam.d/some-config-tool:auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_timestamp.so verbose auth required /lib/security/pam_unix.so
session required /lib/security/pam_permit.so session optional /lib/security/pam_timestamp.so
SEE ALSO
pam_timestamp_check(8)Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.
