PAM_TACPLUS(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		PAM_TACPLUS(8)

NAME
     pam_tacplus — TACACS+ authentication PAM module

SYNOPSIS
     [service-name] module-type control-flag pam_tacplus [options]

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_tacplus module provides authentication services based upon the
     TACACS+ protocol for the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) framework.

     The pam_tacplus module accepts these optional parameters:

     use_first_pass  causes pam_tacplus to use a previously entered password
		     instead of prompting for a new one.  If no password has
		     been entered then authentication fails.

     try_first_pass  causes pam_tacplus to use a previously entered password,
		     if one is available.  If no password has been entered,
		     pam_tacplus prompts for one as usual.

     echo_pass	     causes echoing to be left on if pam_tacplus prompts for a
		     password.

     conf=pathname   specifies a non-standard location for the TACACS+ client
		     configuration file (normally located in
		     /etc/tacplus.conf).

     template_user=username
		     specifies a user whose passwd(5) entry will be used as a
		     template to create the session environment if the sup‐
		     plied username does not exist in local password database.
		     The user will be authenticated with the supplied username
		     and password, but his credentials to the system will be
		     presented as the ones for username, i.e., his login
		     class, home directory, resource limits, etc. will be set
		     to ones defined for username.

		     If this option is omitted, and there is no username in
		     the system databases equal to the supplied one (as deter‐
		     mined by call to getpwnam(3)), the authentication will
		     fail.

FILES
     /etc/tacplus.conf	The standard TACACS+ client configuration file for
			pam_tacplus

SEE ALSO
     passwd(5), tacplus.conf(5), pam(8)

HISTORY
     The pam_tacplus module first appeared in FreeBSD 3.1.

AUTHORS
     The pam_tacplus manual page was written by Andrzej Bialecki
     ⟨abial@FreeBSD.org⟩ and adapted to TACACS+ from RADIUS by Mark R V Murray
     ⟨markm@FreeBSD.org⟩.

     The pam_tacplus module was written by John D. Polstra ⟨jdp@FreeBSD.org⟩.

BSD				August 2, 1999				   BSD