This short document will explain the various pam_mount options. Options are listed in the 4th column of a PAM file, e.g.: auth optional pam_mount.so debug Options are to be separated by whitespace, hence specifying more than one is to look like: auth optional pam_mount.so debug disable_interactive enable_pam_password (default) disable_pam_password Enable or disable asking the PAM system for a previously-entered password. enable_interactive (default) disable_interactive Enable or disable asking for a password interactively. pam_mount will first try to get the password from PAM, if enabled, otherwise interactively, if enabled. enable_propagate_password (default) disable_propagate_password Enable/disable propagation of the interactively-input password to PAM modules following in the stack.