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<term><varname>PAMName=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the PAM service name to set up a session
- as. If set, the executed process will be registered as a PAM
- session under the specified service name. This is only useful
- in conjunction with the <varname>User=</varname> setting. If
- not set, no PAM session will be opened for the executed
- processes. See
- <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Sets the PAM service name to set up a session as. If set, the executed process will be
+ registered as a PAM session under the specified service name. This is only useful in conjunction with the
+ <varname>User=</varname> setting, and is otherwise ignored. If not set, no PAM session will be opened for the
+ executed processes. See <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that for each unit making use of this option a PAM session handler process will be maintained as
+ part of the unit and stays around as long as the unit is active, to ensure that appropriate actions can be
+ taken when the unit and hence the PAM session terminates. This process is named <literal>(sd-pam)</literal> and
+ is an immediate child process of the unit's main process.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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