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<H1>PAM_TIMESTAMP</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_timestamp - Authenticate using cached successful authentication attempts
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<DT id="1">
<B>pam_timestamp.so</B> [timestampdir=<I>directory</I>] [timestamp_timeout=<I>number</I>] [verbose] [debug]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<P>
<DD>In a nutshell,
<I>pam_timestamp</I>
caches successful authentication attempts, and allows you to use a recent successful attempt as the basis for authentication. This is similar mechanism which is used in
<B>sudo</B>.
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When an application opens a session using
<I>pam_timestamp</I>, a timestamp file is created in the
<I>timestampdir</I>
directory for the user. When an application attempts to authenticate the user, a
<I>pam_timestamp</I>
will treat a sufficiently recent timestamp file as grounds for succeeding.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<B>timestampdir=</B><B></B><I>directory</I>
<DL COMPACT><DT id="2"><DD>
Specify an alternate directory where
<I>pam_timestamp</I>
creates timestamp files.
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<B>timestamp_timeout=</B><B></B><I>number</I>
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How long should
<I>pam_timestamp</I>
treat timestamp as valid after their last modification date (in seconds). Default is 300 seconds.
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<B>verbose</B>
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Attempt to inform the user when access is granted.
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<B>debug</B>
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Turns on debugging messages sent to
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+syslog">syslog</A></B>(3).
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<H2>MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</H2>
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The
<B>auth</B>
and
<B>session</B>
module types are provided.
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<H2>RETURN VALUES</H2>
<P>
PAM_AUTH_ERR
<DL COMPACT><DT id="6"><DD>
The module was not able to retrieve the user name or no valid timestamp file was found.
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PAM_SUCCESS
<DL COMPACT><DT id="7"><DD>
Everything was successful.
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PAM_SESSION_ERR
<DL COMPACT><DT id="8"><DD>
Timestamp file could not be created or updated.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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Users can get confused when they are not always asked for passwords when running a given program. Some users reflexively begin typing information before noticing that it is not being asked for.
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2>
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<DL COMPACT><DT id="9"><DD>
<PRE>
auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so verbose
auth required pam_unix.so
session required pam_unix.so
session optional pam_timestamp.so
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<H2>FILES</H2>
<P>
/var/run/pam_timestamp/...
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timestamp files and directories
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<P>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+pam_timestamp_check">pam_timestamp_check</A></B>(8),
<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>
<P>
pam_timestamp was written by Nalin Dahyabhai.
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAF">MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</A><DD>
<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAG">RETURN VALUES</A><DD>
<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAI">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
<DT id="19"><A HREF="#lbAJ">FILES</A><DD>
<DT id="20"><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="21"><A HREF="#lbAL">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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