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'''Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules''' (PAM) provide dynamic authentication support for applications and services in a [[Linux]] or [[GNU/kFreeBSD]]<ref>https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=220980</ref> system. Linux PAM is evolved from the [[Unix]] [[Pluggable Authentication Modules]] architecture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5940|title=Securing Applications on Linux with PAM {{!}} Linux Journal|last=Fernandes|first=Savio|last2=Reddy|first2=KLM|date=|website=[[Linux Journal]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-09-30}}</ref>

Linux-PAM separates the tasks of authentication into four independent management groups: