The micro-course describes PAM plug-ins enabling authentication of the user under given circumstances and support of mechanisms of testing power and password validity. It presents the plug-ins: pam_cracklib, pam_pwhistory, pam_unix, pam_userdb.
Keywords: PAM, auth, pam_cracklib, pam_pwhistory, pam_unix, pam_userdb
PAM mechanism –user authentication and password testing
The pam_cracklib plug-in
The pam_pwhistory plug-in
The pam_unix plug-in
The pam_userdb plug-in