xenial (1) pam-panel-icon.1.gz

Provided by: usermode_1.109-1_amd64 bug

NAME
       pam-panel-icon - A notification area indicator of pam_timestamp status


SYNOPSIS
       pam-panel-icon


DESCRIPTION
       pam-panel-icon should be automatically started when starting an X11 desktop environment.  For example, in
       GNOME gnome-session should be configured to start pam-panel-icon.  In a  properly  configured  system  it
       should never be necessary to start pam-panel-icon manually.

       pam-panel-icon  uses  pam_timestamp_check(8)  to  watch  the  pam_timestamp  timestamp  status.   If  the
       pam_timestamp authorization is active, allowing an unprivileted user to temporarily authenticate  as  the
       root  user without providing a password, an icon in the notification area of the panel is displayed.  The
       icon allows dropping the authorization immediately.


EXIT STATUS
       Ordinarily, pam-panel-icon keeps running until  the  X11  desktop  session  ends,  and  then  returns  0.
       pam-panel-icon only returns with non-zero status on unexpected error.


FILES
       /sbin/pam_timestamp_check
              A hard-coded location of the pam_timestamp_check executable.


SEE ALSO
       pam_timestamp(8), pam_timestamp_check(8)