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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>6.19. pam_mail - inform about available mail</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="Linux-PAM_SAG.html" title="The Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide"><link rel="up" href="sag-module-reference.html" title="Chapter 6. A reference guide for available modules"><link rel="prev" href="sag-pam_loginuid.html" title="6.18. pam_loginuid - record user's login uid to the process attribute"><link rel="next" href="sag-pam_mkhomedir.html" title="6.20. pam_mkhomedir - create users home directory"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">6.19. pam_mail - inform about available mail</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sag-pam_loginuid.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 6. A reference guide for available modules</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sag-pam_mkhomedir.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sag-pam_mail"></a>6.19. pam_mail - inform about available mail</h2></div></div></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">pam_mail.so</code> [
close
] [
debug
] [
dir=<em class="replaceable"><code>maildir</code></em>
] [
empty
] [
hash=<em class="replaceable"><code>count</code></em>
] [
noenv
] [
nopen
] [
quiet
] [
standard
]</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_mail-description"></a>6.19.1. DESCRIPTION</h3></div></div></div><p>
The pam_mail PAM module provides the "you have new mail"
service to the user. It can be plugged into any application
that has credential or session hooks. It gives a single message
indicating the <span class="emphasis"><em>newness</em></span> of any mail it finds
in the user's mail folder. This module also sets the PAM
environment variable, <span class="emphasis"><em>MAIL</em></span>, to the
user's mail directory.
</p><p>
If the mail spool file (be it <code class="filename">/var/mail/$USER</code>
or a pathname given with the <code class="option">dir=</code> parameter) is
a directory then pam_mail assumes it is in the
<span class="emphasis"><em>Maildir</em></span> format.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_mail-options"></a>6.19.2. OPTIONS</h3></div></div></div><p>
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">close</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Indicate if the user has any mail also on logout.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">debug</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Print debug information.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">dir=<em class="replaceable"><code>maildir</code></em></code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Look for the users' mail in an alternative location defined by
<code class="filename">maildir/<login></code>. The default
location for mail is <code class="filename">/var/mail/<login></code>.
Note, if the supplied
<code class="filename">maildir</code> is prefixed by a '~', the
directory is interpreted as indicating a file in the user's
home directory.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">empty</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Also print message if user has no mail.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">hash=<em class="replaceable"><code>count</code></em></code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Mail directory hash depth. For example, a
<span class="emphasis"><em>hashcount</em></span> of 2 would
make the mail file be
<code class="filename">/var/spool/mail/u/s/user</code>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">noenv</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Do not set the <span class="emphasis"><em>MAIL</em></span>
environment variable.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">nopen</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Don't print any mail information on login. This flag is
useful to get the <span class="emphasis"><em>MAIL</em></span>
environment variable set, but to not display any information
about it.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">quiet</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Only report when there is new mail.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">standard</code>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Old style "You have..." format which doesn't show the
mail spool being used. This also implies "empty".
</p></dd></dl></div><p>
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_mail-types"></a>6.19.3. MODULE TYPES PROVIDED</h3></div></div></div><p>
The <code class="option">session</code> and
<code class="option">auth</code> (on establishment and
deletion of credentials) module types are provided.
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_mail-return_values"></a>6.19.4. RETURN VALUES</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">PAM_BUF_ERR</span></dt><dd><p>
Memory buffer error.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">PAM_SERVICE_ERR</span></dt><dd><p>
Badly formed arguments.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">PAM_SUCCESS</span></dt><dd><p>
Success.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">PAM_USER_UNKNOWN</span></dt><dd><p>
User not known.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_mail-examples"></a>6.19.5. EXAMPLES</h3></div></div></div><p>
Add the following line to <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/login</code> to
indicate that the user has new mail when they login to the system.
</p><pre class="programlisting">
session optional pam_mail.so standard
</pre><p>
</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sag-pam_mail-author"></a>6.19.6. AUTHOR</h3></div></div></div><p>
pam_mail was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.
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