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How PAM Works

The PAM authenticates passwords using the following process:

  1. Global users log in to a CA IdentityMinder interface with their native system passwords.
  2. CA IdentityMinder sends the authentication information to the PAM loader.
  3. The PAM loader sends the authentication information to PAM where it is authenticated against the system. The CA IdentityMinder server grants or fails login requests based on the results returned from the PAM DLL.