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'''PAM''' ('''Pluggable Authentication Modules''') is a user authentication and authorization system used on Linux and other Unix systems. Its configuration files are usually found in the <code>/etc/pam.d</code> directory. There is also an <code>/etc/pam.conf</code> file, but it is rarely used.

A PAM configuration file is text-based. Each line specifies a shared library module that is to be used in certain circumstances. The PAM modules are typically found in the directory <code>/lib/security</code>, or <code>/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security</code>, or something like that.

== Links ==
* [http://www.linux-pam.org/ Linux-PAM website]
** [http://www.linux-pam.org/Linux-PAM-html/sag-configuration.html Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide: The Linux-PAM configuration file]
* [[Wikipedia: Pluggable authentication module]]

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 '''PAM''' ('''Pluggable Authentication Modules''') is a user authentication and authorization system used on Linux and other Unix systems. Its configuration files are usually found in the <code>/etc/pam.d</code> directory. There is also an <code>/etc/pam.conf</code> file, but it is rarely used.
-A PAM configuration file is text-based. Each line specifies a shared library module that is to be used in certain circumstances. The PAM modules are typically found in the directory <code>/lib/security</code>, or <code>/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security</code>, or something like that.
+A PAM configuration file is text-based. Most lines in the file specify a shared library module that is to be used in certain circumstances. The PAM modules are typically found in the directory <code>/lib/security</code>, or <code>/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security</code>, or something like that.
 == Links ==

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Jsummers at 19:40, 6 May 2017

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