pam_rootok(8)

pam_rootok8

Root ok pam module

Usage

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

Overview

The Root OK PAM module supports the authentication function class. In terms of the function-class parameter, this is the “auth” class.

The Root OK authentication module always returns success for the superuser without prompting for a password.

The following option may be passed to this authentication module:

debug

Debug information will be printed to the system log.

Releases

155 releases since Mac OS X 10.2; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 10.2–10.5.8
  2. 10.6–10.6.8
  3. 10.7–26.5

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