PAM_GUEST(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

✨ NAME ✨

pam_guest — the Guest PAM module. 🎀 This page is from the System Manager's Manual, and it's literally here to make guest logins make sense.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Okay so here's the vibe:

[service-name] module-type control-flag pam_guest [arguments]

That's the whole synopsis, bestie. No cap. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The guest service module for PAM allows guest logins. ✨ If it's successful, the pam_guest module sets the PAM environment variable GUEST to the login name. Then the application can check this variable using pam_getenv(3) to differentiate guest logins from normal logins. It's giving main character energy for guest access. 👑

You can pass these options to the pam_guest module:

  • guests=list — Comma-separated list of guest account names. The default is "guest". A typical value for ftpd(8) would be "anonymous,ftp". Slay that customization. 💅
  • nopass — Omits the password prompt if the target account is on the list of guest accounts. So convenient, lowkey obsessed. 🙈
  • pass_as_ruser — The password typed in by the user is exported as the PAM_RUSER item. This is useful for applications like ftpd(8) where guest users are encouraged to use their email address as password. That's a whole vibe for anonymous FTP. 🌈
  • pass_is_user — Requires the guest user to type in the guest account name as password. So they have to literally type the name. Periodt. 💀

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Check out these other pages for more context:

Iykyk, these are the real MVPs. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The pam_guest module and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. That's a lot of words, but honestly, iconic research energy. 💜

This page is brought to you by Debian, May 26, 2003, and PAM_GUEST(8). Stay slay, bestie. 💖✨🦋

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