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2.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Mark R V Murray
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38.Dd January 24, 2002
39.Dt PAM_LASTLOG 8
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm pam_lastlog
43.Nd login accounting PAM module
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Op Ar service-name
46.Ar module-type
47.Ar control-flag
48.Pa pam_lastlog
49.Op Ar options
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The login accounting service module for PAM,
52.Nm
53provides functionality for only one PAM category:
54session management.
55In terms of the
56.Ar module-type
57parameter, this is the
58.Dq Li session
59feature.
60.Ss Login Accounting Session Management Module
61The login accounting session management component provides functions
62to initiate
63.Pq Fn pam_sm_open_session
64and terminate
65.Pq Fn pam_sm_close_session
66sessions.
67The
68.Fn pam_sm_open_session
69function records the session in the
70.Xr utmp 5 ,
71.Xr wtmp 5
72and
73.Xr lastlog 5
74databases.
75The
76.Fn pam_sm_close_session
77function does nothing.
78.Pp
79The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
80.Bl -tag -width ".Cm no_warn"
81.It Cm debug
82.Xr syslog 3
83debugging information at
84.Dv LOG_DEBUG
85level.
86.It Cm no_warn
87suppress warning messages to the user.
88.It Cm no_fail
89Ignore I/O failures.
90.El
91.Sh SEE ALSO
92.Xr last 1 ,
93.Xr lastlogin 1 ,
94.Xr w 1 ,
95.Xr login 3 ,
96.Xr logout 3 ,
97.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
98.Xr utmp 5 ,
99.Xr pam 8
100.Sh AUTHORS
101The
102.Nm
103module and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by
104ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
105Associates, Inc.\& under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
106.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
107as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
108