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The pam_time module

The pam_time module is used as an account module-type. The pam_time module does not accept arguments. It instead uses the /etc/security/time.conf file to get information related to login time and location restrictions. There are two important points concerning the /etc/security/time.conf.

The /etc/security/time.conf file restricts access by time and location when used with pam_time.

Each line in /etc/security/time.conf file is called a rule.

Each rule uses the following syntax:

services;ttys;users;times