SYSTEM-AUTH(5)

💖 SYSTEM-AUTH(5) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about config-util — the shared PAM config file for config utilities, from the Linux-PAM Manual. it's short, it's iconic, it's giving "quietly holding the whole system together." ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

config-util — the common PAM configuration file for configuration utilities 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/etc/pam.d/config-util

that's it. one path. one file. main character energy, honestly. 👑

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so, what is this file even for? its whole purpose is to be the common configuration file for all the configuration utilities that have to be run from the supervisor account and that use the userhelper wrapper application. periodt. 🫶

here's the tea: the config-util configuration file gets included from all the individual configuration files of those utilities, using the include directive. and like, there usually aren't any other modules hanging out in those individual configuration files of these utilities. they're basically just vibing and pointing back here. 😌

and it's possible — for example — to modify the duration of the validity of the authentication timestamp right here in this file. if you wanna know the deets on that, go see pam_timestamp(8). iykyk 🕐✨

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💀 BUGS 💀

None known.

that's right. no known bugs. she's flawless. not a single red flag. 🦋

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• pam(8)
• config-util(5)
• pam_timestamp(8)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉 this absolute banger of a manpage is brought to you by Red Hat, dated 2006 Feb 3, and it lives in the Linux-PAM Manual. go forth and configure responsibly. mwah 💖🎀🌸