pam_reattach(8)

💅 pam_reattach(8) 💅

System Manager's Manual — okay bestie, yes, we're literally in the manual, and this one is short but iconic.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

pam_reattach — PAM module to reattach to user's per-session bootstrap namespace. It's giving namespace-glow-up energy.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

[service-name] function-class control-flag pam_reattach [options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so the reattach authentication module is used to move the next authentication modules to the correct, per-session, bootstrap namespace. Main character energy: it gets the next auth modules into the right session's space.

The following options may be passed to this authentication module:

• ignore_ssh — Detect and ignore probable SSH sessions. This helps prevent erroneously prompting for a touch when SSH and a terminal multiplexer like tmux(1) is in use. This detection is based on the presence of $SSH_CLIENT, $SSH_CONNECTION, or $SSH_TTY in the environment. No cap: if one of those env vars is around, it's side-eyeing the session as SSH-ish so you don't get that touch-prompt drama.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Go read pam.conf(5) and pam(8) — iykyk, bestie. 🫶

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💖 Debian • May 6, 2022 • pam_reattach(8) 💖