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.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_permit/pam_permit.8,v 1.3 2001/07/13 09:09:50 ru Exp $
.\" $DragonFly: src/lib/pam_module/pam_permit/pam_permit.8,v 1.1 2005/08/01 16:15:19 joerg Exp $
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.Dd July 7, 2001
.Dt PAM_PERMIT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_permit
.Nd Promiscuous PAM module
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Op Ar service-name
.Ar module-type
.Ar control-flag
.Pa pam_permit
.Op Ar options
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The Promiscuous authentication service module for PAM,
.Nm
provides functionality for all the PAM categories:
authentication,
account management,
session management and
password management.
In terms of the
.Ar module-type
parameter, these are the
.Dq Li auth ,
.Dq Li account ,
.Dq Li session ,
and
.Dq Li password
features.
.Pp
The Promiscuous module
will universally allow all requests.
It is primarily of use during testing,
and to silence
.Dq noisy
PAM-enabled applications.
.Pp
The following options may be passed to the module:
.Bl -tag -width ".Cm debug"
.It Cm debug
.Xr syslog 3
debugging information at
.Dv LOG_DEBUG
level.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr syslog 3 ,
.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
.Xr pam 8