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- <refentry id="pam_mail">
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>pam_mail</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv id="pam_mail-name">
- <refname>pam_mail</refname>
- <refpurpose>Inform about available mail</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis id="pam_mail-cmdsynopsis">
- <command>pam_mail.so</command>
- <arg choice="opt">
- close
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- debug
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- dir=<replaceable>maildir</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- empty
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- hash=<replaceable>count</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- noenv
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- nopen
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- quiet
- </arg>
- <arg choice="opt">
- standard
- </arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1 id="pam_mail-description">
- <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
- <para>
- The pam_mail PAM module provides the "you have new mail"
- service to the user. It can be plugged into any application
- that has credential or session hooks. It gives a single message
- indicating the <emphasis>newness</emphasis> of any mail it finds
- in the user's mail folder. This module also sets the PAM
- environment variable, <emphasis remap='B'>MAIL</emphasis>, to the
- user's mail directory.
- </para>
- <para>
- If the mail spool file (be it <filename>/var/mail/$USER</filename>
- or a pathname given with the <option>dir=</option> parameter) is
- a directory then pam_mail assumes it is in the
- <emphasis remap='I'>Maildir</emphasis> format.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="pam_mail-options">
- <title>OPTIONS</title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>close</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Indicate if the user has any mail also on logout.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>debug</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Print debug information.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>dir=<replaceable>maildir</replaceable></option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Look for the user's mail in an alternative location defined by
- <filename>maildir/<login></filename>. The default
- location for mail is <filename>/var/mail/<login></filename>.
- Note, if the supplied
- <filename>maildir</filename> is prefixed by a '~', the
- directory is interpreted as indicating a file in the user's
- home directory.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>empty</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Also print message if user has no mail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>hash=<replaceable>count</replaceable></option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Mail directory hash depth. For example, a
- <emphasis>hashcount</emphasis> of 2 would
- make the mail file be
- <filename>/var/spool/mail/u/s/user</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>noenv</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Do not set the <emphasis remap='B'>MAIL</emphasis>
- environment variable.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>nopen</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Don't print any mail information on login. This flag is
- useful to get the <emphasis remap='B'>MAIL</emphasis>
- environment variable set, but to not display any information
- about it.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>quiet</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Only report when there is new mail.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>standard</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Old style "You have..." format which doesn't show the
- mail spool being used. This also implies "empty".
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="pam_mail-types">
- <title>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</title>
- <para>
- The <option>session</option> and
- <option>auth</option> (on establishment and
- deletion of credentials) module types are provided.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id='pam_mail-return_values'>
- <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>PAM_BUF_ERR</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Memory buffer error.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>PAM_SERVICE_ERR</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Badly formed arguments.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>PAM_SUCCESS</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Success.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>PAM_USER_UNKNOWN</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- User not known.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id='pam_mail-examples'>
- <title>EXAMPLES</title>
- <para>
- Add the following line to <filename>/etc/pam.d/login</filename> to
- indicate that the user has new mail when they login to the system.
- <programlisting>
- session optional pam_mail.so standard
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id='pam_mail-see_also'>
- <title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>pam.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>pam.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id='pam_mail-author'>
- <title>AUTHOR</title>
- <para>
- pam_mail was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
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