July 8, 2001 PAM_ROOTOK 8

### NAME

pam_rootok - RootOK PAM module

### SYNOPSIS

[service-name] module-type control-flag ```pam_rootok` [options]

### DESCRIPTION

The RootOK authentication service module for PAM provides functionality for only one PAM category: authentication. In terms of the module-type parameter, this is the `````auth`'' feature. It also provides a null function for session management.

#### RootOK Authentication Module

The RootOK authentication component (pam_sm_authenticate(``)), always returns success for the superuser; i.e., if getuid(2) returns 0.

The following options may be passed to the authentication module:

debug
  syslog(3) debugging information at ```LOG_DEBUG` level.

no_warn
  suppress warning messages to the user. These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined.

### SEE ALSO

getuid(2), pam.conf(5), pam(8)