PAM_RUNDIR(8)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this page is PAM_RUNDIR(8), and the main character is pam_rundir — a PAM module that literally provides the user runtime directory. no cap. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pam_rundir

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

pam_rundir is a PAM module that can be used to provide the user runtime directory, as described in the XDG Base Directory Specification[1]. ✨

The directory gets created on login (open session 🫶) and removed on logout (close session 👋), and its full path is made available in an environment variable — usually $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR. 💅

🎀 MODULE TYPES PROVIDED 🎀

Only the session module type is provided. that’s it, that’s the vibe check. ✅

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

The suggested usage is:

session     optional        pam_rundir.so

⭐ NOTES ⭐

• [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8) — go read those too, bestie. 📚

💀 BUGS 💀

They’re probably crawling somewhere in there... 😭 if you happen to catch one (or more!), report it and I’ll do my best to squash it. fr fr. 🐛

👑 REPOSITORY 👑

You can find the latest source code of pam_rundir — plus report bugs and/or suggest features — on its GitHub repository, available at <https://github.com/jjk-jacky/pam_rundir>; or visit its official website at <http://jjacky.com/pam_rundir>. 💖

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Olivier Brunel <jjk@jjacky.com> — iconic. 💅

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and that’s the cute sign-off: pam_rundir version 1.0.0, dated 2015-09-23. periodt. 💖🎀