# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| pam: pam (Pluggable Authentication Modules) pam: pam: PAM = Pluggable Authentication Modules. Basically, it is a flexible pam: mechanism for authenticating users. PAM provides a way to develop pam: programs that are independent of authentication scheme. However, pam: these programs will need "authentication modules" (and libpam) at pam: run-time in order to work. pam: pam: Homepage: http://www.linux-pam.org/ pam: pam: