DH_INSTALLPAM(1)

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version 14.5ubuntu1 · 12 versions
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✨ DH_INSTALLPAM 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the dh_installpam page from the Debhelper manual 😌 part of that whole debhelper situation, iykyk. pull up a chair, we're talking PAM support files and we're gonna slay it 🎀

🦋 NAME

dh_installpam — install pam support files ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS

dh_installpam [debhelper options] [--name=name]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION

so dh_installpam is a debhelper program — one of the little helper girlies — and her whole job, her entire main character arc, is installing the files that PAM uses into your package build directories. no cap 💅

literally just that. she shows up, she drops the PAM files in the right spot, she leaves. iconic behaviour, honestly. 👑

🎀 FILES

  • debian/package.pam — this one gets installed into etc/pam.d/package in the package build directory. note the name swap: the file is named after the package, and it lands in etc/pam.d/ under that same package name. cute, right? 🍓

💅 OPTIONS

  • --name=name — okay so normally she does the usual thing with the usual files and installs them using the package name. but pass this flag and it's giving ✨custom era✨: she'll go looking for files named debian/package.name.pam and install those as etc/pam.d/name instead. so you get your own name in etc/pam.d/, not the package name. obsessed. 🙈
heads up: dh_installpam also takes all the regular debhelper options — those live in their own manual page, go check it out 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO

this program is a part of debhelper, fr fr 💜

👑 AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> — the og, the blueprint, the moment ⭐

and that's the whole page bestie!! this was Debhelper version 14.5ubuntu1, dated 2026-09-21 🌸 mwah, go install some pam files, you're gonna do amazing 💖🎀🦋

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