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.\" OpenPAM's pam_wheel man page
.\" Contact me ( mellos@ceid.upatras.gr ) for any corrections or omissions.

.TH PAM_WHEEL 8 "September 2008" "OpenPAM modules" "OpenPAM modules"
.SH NAME 
pam_wheel - PAM module to limit root access to wheel group members
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pam_wheel.so [\.\.\.]
.SH DESCRIPTION
pam_wheel is a PAM module which allows root access only to members of the 
group wheel. If a group named wheel does not exist, then the group with GID = 0
is used.
.SH OPTIONS
No options are supported for this module.
.SH FILES
To allow only wheel members to su to root, add the following lines in 
./I /etc/pam.d/su 
:
.IP 
.nf
auth	required	pam_wheel.so
auth	required	pam_unix.so
.SH AUTHOR
Seraphim Mellos <mellos at ceid dot upatras dot gr>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR su(1),
.BR pam (8),
.BR pam.conf (8), 
.BR pam.d (8)