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pam_basesystem(8)

pam_basesystem8

Basesystem pam module

Overview

The BaseSystem PAM module facilitates unlocking FileVault in BaseSystem. This allows technologies like OpenSSH to unlock the FileVault protected data volumes using a username and password.

History

  • macOS 26.5 to macOS 26.2: the text shown here
  • macOS 26.1 to macOS 26.0

History

This module first appeared in macOS 26 Tahoe.

From pam_modules 217.100.6 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.