How are the directives formatted for each PAM configuration file?

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Each PAM configuration file contains a group of directives formatted as follows:

<module interface> <control flag> <module name> <module arguments>

Module Interface

There are four types of PAM module interfaces which correlate to different aspects of the authorization process:

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