pamd - Manage PAM Modules

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis

  • Edit PAM service’s type, control, module path and module arguments. In order for a PAM rule to be modified, the type, control and module_path must match an existing rule. See man(5) pam.d for details.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
control
 yes
The control of the PAM rule being modified. This may be a complicated control with brackets. If this is the case, be sure to put "[bracketed controls]" in quotes. The type, control and module_path all must match a rule to be modified.
module_arguments
 no
When state is 'updated', the module_arguments will replace existing module_arguments. When state is 'args_absent' args matching those listed in module_arguments will be removed. When state is 'args_present' any args listed in module_arguments are added if missing from the existing rule. Furthermore, if the module argument takes a value denoted by '=', the value will be changed to that specified in module_arguments.
module_path
 yes
The module path of the PAM rule being modified. The type, control and module_path all must match a rule to be modified.
name
 yes
The name generally refers to the PAM service file to change, for example system-auth.
new_control
 no
The new control to assign to the new rule.
new_module_path
 no
The new module path to be assigned to the new rule.
new_type
 no
The new type to assign to the new rule.
path
 no /etc/pam.d/
This is the path to the PAM service files
state
 no updated
  • updated
  • before
  • after
  • args_present
  • args_absent
  • absent
The default of 'updated' will modify an existing rule if type, control and module_path all match an existing rule. With 'before', the new rule will be inserted before a rule matching type, control and module_path. Similarly, with 'after', the new rule will be inserted after an existing rule matching type, control and module_path. With either 'before' or 'after' new_type, new_control, and new_module_path must all be specified. If state is 'args_absent' or 'args_present', new_type, new_control, and new_module_path will be ignored. State 'absent' will remove the rule. The 'absent' state was added in version 2.4 and is only available in Ansible versions >= 2.4.
type
 yes
The type of the PAM rule being modified. The type, control and module_path all must match a rule to be modified.

Examples

- name: Update pamd rule's control in /etc/pam.d/system-auth
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: auth
    control: required
    module_path: pam_faillock.so
    new_control: sufficient

- name: Update pamd rule's complex control in /etc/pam.d/system-auth
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: session
    control: '[success=1 default=ignore]'
    module_path: pam_succeed_if.so
    new_control: '[success=2 default=ignore]'

- name: Insert a new rule before an existing rule
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: auth
    control: required
    module_path: pam_faillock.so
    new_type: auth
    new_control: sufficient
    new_module_path: pam_faillock.so
    state: before

- name: Insert a new rule pam_wheel.so with argument 'use_uid' after an         existing rule pam_rootok.so
  pamd:
    name: su
    type: auth
    control: sufficient
    module_path: pam_rootok.so
    new_type: auth
    new_control: required
    new_module_path: pam_wheel.so
    module_arguments: 'use_uid'
    state: after

- name: Remove module arguments from an existing rule
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: auth
    control: required
    module_path: pam_faillock.so
    module_arguments: ''
    state: updated

- name: Replace all module arguments in an existing rule
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: auth
    control: required
    module_path: pam_faillock.so
    module_arguments: 'preauth
        silent
        deny=3
        unlock_time=604800
        fail_interval=900'
    state: updated

- name: Remove specific arguments from a rule
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: session control='[success=1 default=ignore]'
    module_path: pam_succeed_if.so
    module_arguments: 'crond quiet'
    state: args_absent

- name: Ensure specific arguments are present in a rule
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: session
    control: '[success=1 default=ignore]'
    module_path: pam_succeed_if.so
    module_arguments: 'crond quiet'
    state: args_present

- name: Update specific argument value in a rule
  pamd:
    name: system-auth
    type: auth
    control: required
    module_path: pam_faillock.so
    module_arguments: 'fail_interval=300'
    state: args_present

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
action
That action that was taken and is one of: update_rule, insert_before_rule, insert_after_rule, args_present, args_absent, absent.
 always string update_rule
change_count
How many rules were changed
 success int 1
dest
Path to pam.d service that was changed. This is only available in Ansible version 2.3 and was removed in 2.4.
 success string /etc/pam.d/system-auth
new_rule
The changes to the rule
 success string None None None sha512 shadow try_first_pass use_authtok
updated_rule_(n)
The rule(s) that was/were changed
 success string ['password sufficient pam_unix.so sha512 shadow try_first_pass use_authtok']

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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