6.27. pam_rootok - gain only root access
pam_rootok is a PAM module that authenticates the user if their
UID is 0.
Applications that are created setuid-root generally retain the
UID of the user but run with the authority
of an enhanced effective-UID. It is the real UID
that is checked.
-
debug
Print debug information.
6.27.3. MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
The auth, acct and
password module types are provided.
- PAM_SUCCESS
The UID is 0.
- PAM_AUTH_ERR
The UID is not
0.
In the case of the su(1) application the historical usage is to
permit the superuser to adopt the identity of a lesser user
without the use of a password. To obtain this behavior with PAM
the following pair of lines are needed for the corresponding entry
in the /etc/pam.d/su configuration file:
# su authentication. Root is granted access by default.
auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
auth required pam_unix.so
pam_rootok was written by Andrew G. Morgan, <morgan@kernel.org>.