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diff --git a/doc/plugins/generators/account.txt b/doc/plugins/generators/account.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e07cef8b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/generators/account.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. -*- mode: rst -*- + +======= +Account +======= + +The account plugin manages authentication data, including + +* /etc/passwd +* /etc/group +* /etc/security/limits.conf +* /etc/sudoers +* /root/.ssh/authorized_keys + +User access data is stored in three files in the Account directory: + +* superusers (a list of users who always have root privs) +* rootlist (a list of user:host pairs for scoped root privs) +* useraccess (a list of user:host pairs for login access) + +SSH keys are stored in files named $username.key; these are installed into root's authorized keys for users in the superusers list as well as for the pertitent users in the rootlike file (for the current system). + +Authentication data is read in from (static|dyn).(passwd|group) The static ones are for system local ones, while the dyn. versions are for external synchronization (from ldap/nis/etc) +There is also a static.limits.conf that provides the limits.conf header and any static entries. |