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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_check - Check to see if the default timestamp is valid
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>pam_timestamp_check</B> [-k] [-d] [<I>target_user</I>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<DD>With no arguments
<B>pam_timestamp_check</B>
will check to see if the default timestamp is valid, or optionally remove it.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<B>-k</B>
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Instead of checking the validity of a timestamp, remove it. This is analogous to sudo's
<I>-k</I>
option.
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<B>-d</B>
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Instead of returning validity using an exit status, loop indefinitely, polling regularly and printing the status on standard output.
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<B></B><I>target_user</I>
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By default
<B>pam_timestamp_check</B>
checks or removes timestamps generated by
<I>pam_timestamp</I>
when the user authenticates as herself. When the user authenticates as a different user, the name of the timestamp file changes to accommodate this.
<I>target_user</I>
allows to specify this user name.
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<H2>RETURN VALUES</H2>
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0
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The timestamp is valid.
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2
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The binary is not setuid root.
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3
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Invalid invocation.
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4
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User is unknown.
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5
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Permissions error.
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6
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Invalid controlling tty.
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7
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Timestamp is not valid.
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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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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>
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/var/run/sudo/...
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timestamp files and directories
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<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>
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pam_tally was written by Nalin Dahyabhai.
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAF">RETURN VALUES</A><DD>
<DT id="19"><A HREF="#lbAG">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="20"><A HREF="#lbAH">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
<DT id="21"><A HREF="#lbAI">FILES</A><DD>
<DT id="22"><A HREF="#lbAJ">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="23"><A HREF="#lbAK">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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