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Question #: 49
Topic #: 1
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How are PAM modules organized and stored?

  • A. As plain text files in /etc/security/
  • B. A statically linked binaries in /etc/pam.d/bin/
  • C. As Linux kernel modules within the respective sub directory of /lib/modules/
  • D. As shared object files within the /lib/ directory hierarchy
  • E. As dynamically linked binaries in /usr/lib/pam/sbin/
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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Adonist
Highly Voted 3 years, 5 months ago
D is the correct answer
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Malimbar
Highly Voted 3 years, 3 months ago
PAM modules files are shared objects so D is the only valid option
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hassel
Most Recent 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: D
PAM Modules are Shared Objects .so so that part is true. and they re located in /lib. check it yourself: find /lib/ -name "pam_permit.so" on Ubuntu it gives "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security/pam_permit.so"
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pietre
3 months, 1 week ago
https://linux.die.net/man/5/pam.d module-path is either the full filename of the PAM to be used by the application (it begins with a '/'), or a relative pathname from the default module location: /lib/security/ or /lib64/security/, depending on the architecture.
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Armina
1 year, 11 months ago
Selected Answer: D
D is correct answer
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HarryKalahan
2 years, 3 months ago
Yes, I think D is the correct answer as well. See this reference: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1125440/finding-pam-module
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MBison
2 years, 9 months ago
The pam modules are stored as shared object files (.so) in /lib/security/. A directory sbin has nothing to do in /usr/lib. So E is definitely wrong. D is correct.
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glorofarz
3 years, 5 months ago
as per my prep materials (and irl checks) the correct answer is /usr/lib/security or /usr/lib64/security (also IRL checked on Centos5.5/7.8/Debian10.3) - I'm really confused, right here. The Question is malformed? /etc/security has some relevance, for the config...
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Adonist
3 years, 5 months ago
https://linuxacademy.com/community/show/29257-lpic-202-topic-2102-pam-authentication/
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