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.Dd February 1, 2005
.Dt PAM_EXEC 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_exec
.Nd Exec PAM module
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Op Ar service-name
.Ar module-type
.Ar control-flag
.Pa pam_exec
.Op Ar arguments
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The exec service module for PAM executes the program designated by its
first argument, with its remaining arguments as command-line
arguments.
The child's environment is set to the current PAM environment list,
as returned by
.Xr pam_getenvlist 3 .
In addition, the following PAM items are exported as environment
variables:
.Ev PAM_RHOST ,
.Ev PAM_RUSER ,
.Ev PAM_SERVICE ,
.Ev PAM_TTY ,
and
.Ev PAM_USER .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
.Xr pam 8
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
module and this manual page were developed for the
.Fx
Project by
ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.