csu3_am335x/EVSE/GPL/linux-pam-1.5.2/modules/pam_xauth/pam_xauth.8.xml

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  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>pam_xauth</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv id="pam_xauth-name">
    <refname>pam_xauth</refname>
    <refpurpose>PAM module to forward xauth keys between users</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis id="pam_xauth-cmdsynopsis">
      <command>pam_xauth.so</command>
      <arg choice="opt">
	debug
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        xauthpath=<replaceable>/path/to/xauth</replaceable>
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        systemuser=<replaceable>UID</replaceable>
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        targetuser=<replaceable>UID</replaceable>
      </arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id="pam_xauth-description">
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
      The pam_xauth PAM module is designed to forward xauth keys
      (sometimes referred to as "cookies") between users.
    </para>
    <para>
      Without pam_xauth, when xauth is enabled and a user uses the
       <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry> command to assume another user's privileges,
      that user is no longer able to access the original user's X display
      because the new user does not have the key needed to access the
      display. pam_xauth solves the problem by forwarding the key from
      the user running su (the source user) to the user whose identity the
      source user is assuming (the target user) when the session is created,
      and destroying the key when the session is torn down.
    </para>
    <para>
      This means, for example, that when you run
       <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry> from an xterm session, you will be able to run
      X programs without explicitly dealing with the
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>xauth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry> xauth command or ~/.Xauthority files.
    </para>
    <para>
      pam_xauth will only forward keys if xauth can list a key connected
      to the $DISPLAY environment variable.
    </para>
    <para>
      Primitive access control is provided by
      <filename>~/.xauth/export</filename> in the invoking user's home
      directory and <filename>~/.xauth/import</filename> in the target
      user's home directory.
    </para>
    <para>
      If a user has a <filename>~/.xauth/import</filename> file, the user
      will only receive cookies from users listed in the file. If there is
      no <filename>~/.xauth/import</filename> file, the user will accept
      cookies from any other user.
    </para>
    <para>
      If a user has a <filename>.xauth/export</filename> file, the user will
      only forward cookies to users listed in the file. If there is no
      <filename>~/.xauth/export</filename> file, and the invoking user is
      not <emphasis remap='B'>root</emphasis>, the user will forward cookies
      to any other user. If there is no <filename>~/.xauth/export</filename>
      file, and the invoking user is <emphasis remap='B'>root</emphasis>,
      the user will <emphasis remap='I'>not</emphasis> forward cookies to
      other users.
    </para>
    <para>
      Both the import and export files support wildcards (such as
      <emphasis remap='I'>*</emphasis>). Both the import and export files
      can be empty, signifying that no users are allowed.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_xauth-options">
    <title>OPTIONS</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>debug</option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Print debug information.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>xauthpath=<replaceable>/path/to/xauth</replaceable></option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Specify the path the xauth program (it is expected in
            <filename>/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth</filename>,
            <filename>/usr/bin/xauth</filename>, or
            <filename>/usr/bin/X11/xauth</filename> by default).
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>systemuser=<replaceable>UID</replaceable></option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Specify the highest UID which will be assumed to belong to a
            "system" user. pam_xauth will refuse to forward credentials to
            users with UID less than or equal to this number, except for
            root and the "targetuser", if specified.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <option>targetuser=<replaceable>UID</replaceable></option>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Specify  a single target UID which is exempt from the
            systemuser check.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_xauth-types">
    <title>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</title>
    <para>
      Only the <emphasis remap='B'>session</emphasis> type is provided.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id='pam_xauth-return_values'>
    <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>PAM_BUF_ERR</term>
        <listitem>
           <para>
             Memory buffer error.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>PAM_PERM_DENIED</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Permission denied by import/export file.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>PAM_SESSION_ERR</term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
	    Cannot determine user name, UID or access users home directory.
          </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_xauth-examples'>
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
    <para>
      Add the following line to <filename>/etc/pam.d/su</filename> to
      forward xauth keys between users when calling su:
      <programlisting>
session  optional  pam_xauth.so
      </programlisting>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_xauth-implementation">
    <title>IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS</title>
    <para>
      pam_xauth will work <emphasis remap='I'>only</emphasis> if it is
      used from a setuid application in which the
      <function>getuid</function>() call returns the id of the user
      running the application, and for which PAM can supply the name
      of the account that the user is attempting to assume. The typical
      application of this type is
      <citerefentry>
       <refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>.
      The application must call both <function>pam_open_session</function>()
      and <function>pam_close_session</function>() with the ruid set to the
      uid of the calling user and the euid set to root, and must have
      provided as the PAM_USER item the name of the target user.
    </para>
    <para>
      pam_xauth calls
      <citerefentry>
       <refentrytitle>xauth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry> as the source user to extract the key for $DISPLAY,
      then calls xauth as the target user to merge the key into the a
      temporary database and later remove the database.
    </para>
    <para>
      pam_xauth cannot be told to not remove the keys when the session
      is closed.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="pam_lastlog-files">
    <title>FILES</title>
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><filename>~/.xauth/import</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>XXX</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><filename>~/.xauth/export</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>XXX</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>


  <refsect1 id='pam_xauth-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_xauth-author'>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
      <para>
        pam_xauth was written by Nalin Dahyabhai &lt;nalin@redhat.com&gt;,
        based on original version by
        Michael K. Johnson &lt;johnsonm@redhat.com&gt;.
      </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>