pam_snapper (8)

pam_snapper.so [debug] [homeprefix=prefix] [ignoreservices=services] [ignoreusers=users] [rootasroot] [ignoreroot] [openonly] [closeonly] [cleanup=algorithm]

Create a snapshot at every login of a user, thus he or she always has a save starting point.

As many users do not logout for some time, it is a good idea to enable snapper's time based snapshots in addition.

debug

Switch on debugging in the module.

homeprefix=prefix

Prefix for the name of the snapper configuration. The username will be appended to this prefix.

Default: "home_"

ignoreservices=comma separated list of services

Default: "crond"

ignoreusers=comma separated list of users

Default: (none)

rootasroot

Perform a snapshot using the snapper configuration "root" if the user "root" logs in. In other words: the homeprefix is not used in this case. As the snapper configuration "root" is used for the system (the root filesystem), this means that with every login of the user "root" the complete "/" filesystem will be snapshotted. This can be useful to help administrators rolling back in case their activity / configuration changes have been accidentally wrong.

"rootasroot" and "ignoreroot" are mutually exclusive.

ignoreroot

No snapshot is taken, if the user "root" opens/closes a session.

"rootasroot" and "ignoreroot" are mutually exclusive.

openonly

Only create a single snapshot when opening the PAM session.

Default: create pre- and post-snapshots

closeonly

Only create a single snapshot when closing the PAM session.

Default: create pre- and post-snapshots

cleanup=cleanup-algorithm

Set snapper cleanup algorithm.

Default: (none)

Only the module type "session" is provided.

PAM_SUCCESS

pam_snapper will always return PAM_SUCCESS, to not prevent users from login, in case a snapshot fails. This may change in the future.

Basic usage

Create a btrfs subvolume for the new user and a snapper configuration, e.g. using the tool /usr/lib/pam_snapper/pam_snapper_useradd.sh.

Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/common-session:

session    optional    pam_snapper.so

snapper(8), pam.conf(5), pam(8), pam_snapper_homeconvert, pam_snapper_pamconfig, pam_snapper_useradd, pam_snapper_userdel

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pam-snapper was written by Matthias G. Eckermann <[email protected]> as part of SUSE Hackweek#9 in April 2013.

This module would not have been possible without the work of Arvin Schnell on the snapper project. pam-snapper inherits DBUS handling from "snapper_dbus_cli.c" by David Disseldorp.

The module builds on the Linux PAM stack and its documentation, written by Thorsten Kukuk.

Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE

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