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pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary USB Flash Drives.

It works with any application supporting PAM, such as su and login managers (GDM, KDM).

Important

This repository is UNMAINTAINED for almost ten years by now.

You can find an up-to-date fork with many community improvements at https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb, which also provides packages in .deb, .rpm and .zst format.

Thanks to the whole community for keeping pam_usb alive.

Getting Started

• Install pam_usb on your system
• Read the Getting Started Guide
• Have a look at the Configuration File Reference
• Problem? See the Troubleshooting Guide