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	.Dd June 20, 2009			.Dd April 3, 2020
	.Dt PAM_UNIX 8			.Dt PAM_UNIX 8
	.Os			.Os
	.Sh NAME			.Sh NAME
	.Nm pam_unix			.Nm pam_unix
	.Nd UNIX PAM module			.Nd UNIX PAM module
	.Sh SYNOPSIS			.Sh SYNOPSIS
	.Op Ar service-name			.Op Ar service-name
	.Ar module-type			.Ar module-type
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	.Nm			.Nm
	is invoked by a process that does not have the privileges required to			is invoked by a process that does not have the privileges required to
	access the password database (in most cases, this means root			access the password database (in most cases, this means root
	privileges), the			privileges), the
	.Cm nullok			.Cm nullok
	option may cause			option may cause
	.Nm			.Nm
	to allow any user to log in with any password.			to allow any user to log in with any password.
				.It Cm emptyok
				If the password database contains the password for the entity being
				authenticated, but the password matches an empty string,
				then this option will forgo password prompting, and
				silently allow authentication to succeed.
				.Pp
				The difference between this and
				.Cm nullok
				is that it avoids prompting for password when the password is set
				to an empty string, as opposed to not being set.
	.It Cm local_pass			.It Cm local_pass
	Use only the local password database, even if NIS is in use.			Use only the local password database, even if NIS is in use.
	This will cause an authentication failure if the system is configured			This will cause an authentication failure if the system is configured
	to only use NIS.			to only use NIS.
	.It Cm nis_pass			.It Cm nis_pass
	Use only the NIS password database.			Use only the NIS password database.
	This will cause an authentication failure if the system is not			This will cause an authentication failure if the system is not
	configured to use NIS.			configured to use NIS.
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