NAME

       pamtester - test pluggable authentication module (PAM) facility

SYNOPSIS

       pamtester [-v] [-I item=value] [-E var=value] service user operation [operation ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Test pluggable authentication module (PAM) facility.

       service  is  the PAM service name. user is the name of the user account to operate with the PAM facility.
       The following operations are supported.

       authenticate
              Authenticate user. A conversation may subsequently take place to prompt  user  input  to  retrieve
              necessary authentication information.

       acct_mgmt
              Perform  account  management  on  user.  A conversation may subsequently take place to prompt user
              input for necessary authentication information.

       open_session
              Open a new session for user.

       close_session
              Close the current session for user.

       chauthtok
              Change the authentication token currently assigned to user.  Conversation  may  subsequently  take
              place to prompt user input for necessary authentication information.

       Note  that  some operations may eventually need additional privileges to fulfill the request depending on
       the service configuration.

       Any operation may also be followed by the option flags that are provided between the pair of parenthesis.
       Flags  are  all named and combinable or inversible with bitwise operators; "|" (OR), "&" (AND), "^" (XOR)
       and "~" (NOT) are accepted.

              authenticate(PAM_SILENT | PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK)

       The list of allowed options is shown below:

       - PAM_SILENT

       - PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK

       - PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED

       - PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED

       - PAM_REFRESH_CRED

       - PAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK

       Additional authentication information such as the name of the remote user, the remote host  and  the  tty
       can be supplied via -I (--item) option.

       The following types of information are supported:

       - service

       - user

       - prompt

       - tty

       - ruser

       - rhost

OPTIONS

       -v, --verbose
              Turn on verbose mode.

       -I item=value, --item item=value
              Provide additional information to authentication module.

       -E var=value, --env var=value
              Set environment variable var to value

AUTHOR

       Written by Moriyoshi Koizumi <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <pamtester-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2004 - 2005 Moriyoshi Koizumi. All rights reserved.

SEE ALSO

       pam(7)