Usage of Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) for time bound access control to any PAM enabled Linux application predicated by rules stored in an LDAP directory including a processor to execute computer-executable instructions for receiving a user information from a user interface indicative of a user, receiving an access request via PAM indicative of the user information, a time of invocation of the access request and the host server, querying a lightweight directory access protocol directory in response to the user information and the request, receiving a plurality of attribute values associated with the user information including a time bound access limit and a host access restriction information, and coupling an access success response to the pluggable access module in response to a host server access allowance indicated by the host access restriction information for the host service and the time of invocation being within the time bound access limit.