pam_opendirectory(8)

pam_opendirectory8

Opendirectory pam module

Usage

[service-name] function-class control-flag pam_opendirectory [options]

Overview

The OpenDirectory PAM module supports the authentication, account management and password management function classes. In terms of the function-class parameter, these are “auth”, “account” and “password” respectively.

The OpenDirectory Authentication Module

The OpenDirectory authentication module permits or denies users based on OpenDirectory password authentication.

The following option may be passed to this authentication module:

nullok

Allow null passwords.

The OpenDirectory Account Management Module

The OpenDirectory account management module permits or denies users based whether the account is enabled in OpenDirectory.

The following option may be passed to this account management module:

no_check_shell

Skip validating the user's shell.

no_check_home

Skip validating the user's home directory.

refresh=min

Sets the mbr_check_membership(3) cache timeout to min minutes. When this option is used, the min value must be specified, and it must be an integer.

The OpenDirectory Password Management Module

The OpenDirectory password management module supports password changing and enforces the OpenDirectory password policy.

Releases

106 releases since Mac OS X 10.6; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 10.6–10.6.8
  2. 10.7–26.5

From pam_modules 217.100.6 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.