pam.conf

5 Linux-PAM Linux-PAM Manual

pam.conf

pam.d

PAM configuration files

## DESCRIPTION

## FILES

/etc/pam.conf

- the configuration file

/etc/pam.d

- the Linux-PAM configuration directory. Generally, if this directory is present, the `/etc/pam.conf` file is ignored.

/usr/lib/pam.d

- the Linux-PAM vendor configuration directory. Files in `/etc/pam.d` override files with the same name in this directory.

%vendordir%/pam.d

- additional Linux-PAM vendor configuration directory. Files in `/etc/pam.d` and `/usr/lib/pam.d` override files with the same name in this directory.

## SEE ALSO

pam

3 ,

PAM

8 ,

pam_start

3