The fields of the Security Manager tab are used by the PAM ESM Module as follows:
- Name
- The name of your PAM ESM security manager.
- Module
- This must be set to
pam_esm to use the PAM ESM Module.
- Connection Path
- This is not used with this module.
- Authorized ID
- Specifies the PAM "service name". This is used to select the PAM configuration to use. The default value is microfocus-es.
This name must be in lowercase, which is a requirement of PAM, and should correspond to a PAM configuration. You can use the
name of an existing configuration such as sudo.
Note: PAM configurations are typically stored as stanzas in the
/etc/pam.cfg file, or individual files in
/etc/pam.d. This will vary by installation.
- Password
- This is not used with this module.
- Enabled
- If unchecked, the Security Manager will not be invoked.
- Cache limit
- This is not used with this module.
- Cache TTL
- This is not used with this module.
- Description
- Provided for your use. This information is not processed by ESF.
- Configuration Information
- Additional configuration settings. See
PAM ESM Module Custom Configuration Information for more information.