6.31. pam_sepermit - allow/reject access based on SELinux mode
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## 6.31. pam_sepermit - allow/reject access based on SELinux mode

`pam_sepermit.so` [ debug ] [ conf=`/path/to/config/file` ]

### 6.31.1. DESCRIPTION

The pam_sepermit module allows or denies login depending on SELinux enforcement state.

When the users which are logging in match an entry in the config file they are allowed access only when SELinux is in enforcing mode. Otherwise they are denied access. For users not matching any entry in the config file the pam_sepermit module returns PAM_IGNORE return value.

The config file contains a list of user names one per line with optional arguments. If the `name` is prefixed with @ character it means that all users in the group `name` match. If it is prefixed with a % character the SELinux user is used to match against the `name` instead of the account name. Note that when SELinux is disabled the SELinux user assigned to the account cannot be determined. This means that such entries are never matched when SELinux is disabled and pam_sepermit will return PAM_IGNORE.

See sepermit.conf(5) for details.

If there is no explicitly specified configuration file and `/etc/security/sepermit.conf` does not exist, `%vendordir%/security/sepermit.conf` is used.

### 6.31.2. OPTIONS

debug

  Turns on debugging via syslog(3).

conf=/path/to/config/file

  Path to alternative config file overriding the default.

### 6.31.3. MODULE TYPES PROVIDED

The `auth` and `account` module types are provided.

### 6.31.4. RETURN VALUES

PAM_AUTH_ERR

  SELinux is disabled or in the permissive mode and the user matches.

PAM_SUCCESS

  SELinux is in the enforcing mode and the user matches.

PAM_IGNORE

  The user does not match any entry in the config file.

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

  The module was unable to determine the user's name.

PAM_SERVICE_ERR

  Error during reading or parsing the config file.

### 6.31.5. FILES

/etc/security/sepermit.conf

  Default configuration file

### 6.31.6. EXAMPLES

    auth     [success=done ignore=ignore default=bad] pam_sepermit.so
    auth     required  pam_unix.so
    account  required  pam_unix.so
    session  required  pam_permit.so

### 6.31.7. AUTHOR

pam_sepermit and this manual page were written by Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>.

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