PAM_USERTYPE(8)                Linux-PAM Manual                PAM_USERTYPE(8)

NAME
       pam_usertype - check if the authenticated user is a system or regular
       account

SYNOPSIS
       pam_usertype.so [flag...] {condition}

DESCRIPTION
       pam_usertype.so is designed to succeed or fail authentication based on
       type of the account of the authenticated user. The type of the account
       is decided with help of SYS_UID_MAX settings in /etc/login.defs. One
       use is to select whether to load other modules based on this test.

       The module should be given only one condition as module argument.
       Authentication will succeed only if the condition is met.

OPTIONS
       The following flags are supported:

       use_uid
           Evaluate conditions using the account of the user whose UID the
           application is running under instead of the user being
           authenticated.

       audit
           Log unknown users to the system log.

       Available conditions are:

       issystem
           Succeed if the user is a system user.

       isregular
           Succeed if the user is a regular user.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
       All module types (account, auth, password and session) are provided.

RETURN VALUES
       PAM_SUCCESS
           The condition was true.

       PAM_BUF_ERR
           Memory buffer error.

       PAM_CONV_ERR
           The conversation method supplied by the application failed to
           obtain the username.

       PAM_INCOMPLETE
           The conversation method supplied by the application returned
           PAM_CONV_AGAIN.

       PAM_AUTH_ERR
           The condition was false.

       PAM_SERVICE_ERR
           A service error occurred or the arguments can't be parsed
           correctly.

       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
           User was not found.

EXAMPLES
       Skip remaining modules if the user is a system user:

           account sufficient pam_usertype.so issystem


SEE ALSO
       login.defs(5), pam(8)

AUTHOR
       Pavel Brezina <pbrezina@redhat.com>

Linux-PAM                         04/09/2024                   PAM_USERTYPE(8)