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<H1>PAM_MAIL</H1>
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (8)<BR>Updated: 05/18/2017<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
pam_mail - Inform about available mail
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>pam_mail.so</B> [close] [debug] [dir=<I>maildir</I>] [empty] [hash=<I>count</I>] [noenv] [nopen] [quiet] [standard]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<DD>The pam_mail PAM module provides the &quot;you have new mail&quot; service to the user. It can be plugged into any application that has credential or session hooks. It gives a single message indicating the
<I>newness</I>
of any mail it finds in the user's mail folder. This module also sets the PAM environment variable,
<B>MAIL</B>, to the user's mail directory.
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If the mail spool file (be it
/var/mail/$USER
or a pathname given with the
<B>dir=</B>
parameter) is a directory then pam_mail assumes it is in the
<I>Maildir</I>
format.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<B>close</B>
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Indicate if the user has any mail also on logout.
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<B>debug</B>
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Print debug information.
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<B>dir=</B><B></B><I>maildir</I>
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Look for the user's mail in an alternative location defined by
maildir/&lt;login&gt;. The default location for mail is
/var/mail/&lt;login&gt;. Note, if the supplied
maildir
is prefixed by a '~', the directory is interpreted as indicating a file in the user's home directory.
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<B>empty</B>
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Also print message if user has no mail.
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<B>hash=</B><B></B><I>count</I>
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Mail directory hash depth. For example, a
<I>hashcount</I>
of 2 would make the mail file be
/var/spool/mail/u/s/user.
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<B>noenv</B>
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Do not set the
<B>MAIL</B>
environment variable.
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<B>nopen</B>
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Don't print any mail information on login. This flag is useful to get the
<B>MAIL</B>
environment variable set, but to not display any information about it.
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<B>quiet</B>
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Only report when there is new mail.
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<B>standard</B>
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Old style &quot;You have...&quot; format which doesn't show the mail spool being used. This also implies &quot;empty&quot;.
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<H2>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</H2>
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The
<B>session</B>
and
<B>auth</B>
(on establishment and deletion of credentials) module types are provided.
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<H2>RETURN VALUES</H2>
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PAM_BUF_ERR
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Memory buffer error.
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PAM_SERVICE_ERR
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Badly formed arguments.
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PAM_SUCCESS
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Success.
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PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
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User not known.
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2>
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Add the following line to
/etc/pam.d/login
to indicate that the user has new mail when they login to the system.
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="15"><DD>
<PRE>
session optional pam_mail.so standard
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+pam.conf">pam.conf</A></B>(5),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+pam.d">pam.d</A></B>(5),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+pam">pam</A></B>(7)
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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pam_mail was written by Andrew G. Morgan &lt;<A HREF="mailto:morgan@kernel.org">morgan@kernel.org</A>&gt;.
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="19"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="20"><A HREF="#lbAF">MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</A><DD>
<DT id="21"><A HREF="#lbAG">RETURN VALUES</A><DD>
<DT id="22"><A HREF="#lbAH">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
<DT id="23"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="24"><A HREF="#lbAJ">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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