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3 Authentication against an alternative shadow file.

The pam_fshadow module provides authentication against an alternative shadow file, or passwd / shadow pair (or pairs). There are two main operation modes: plain mode, in which pam_fshadow uses only one passwd/shadow pair, and virtual domain mode, which allows to select the pair to use based on the authentication token (the user name). First, let’s describe the plain mode.