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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2005-06-29 06:37:37 +0000
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@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
<title>PAM-Based Distributed Authentication</title>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM-enabled</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>ADS</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Winbind-based authentication</primary></indexterm>
This chapter should help you to deploy Winbind-based authentication on any PAM-enabled
UNIX/Linux system. Winbind can be used to enable user-level application access authentication
from any MS Windows NT domain, MS Windows 200x Active Directory-based
@@ -23,6 +27,8 @@ controls that are appropriate to your Samba configuration.
</para>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM management</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_smbpass.so</primary></indexterm>
In addition to knowing how to configure Winbind into PAM, you will learn generic PAM management
possibilities and in particular how to deploy tools like <filename>pam_smbpass.so</filename> to your advantage.
</para>
@@ -36,6 +42,14 @@ Please refer to <link linkend="winbind">Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts</link>,
<title>Features and Benefits</title>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>Sun Solaris</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>xxxxBSD</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Linux</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Pluggable Authentication Modules</primary><see>PAM</see></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/passwd</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>login</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>passwd</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>chown</primary></indexterm>
A number of UNIX systems (e.g., Sun Solaris), as well as the xxxxBSD family and Linux,
now utilize the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) facility to provide all authentication,
authorization, and resource control services. Prior to the introduction of PAM, a decision
@@ -46,6 +60,10 @@ Such a choice would involve provision of alternatives to programs such as <comma
</para>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.conf</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Solaris</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d</primary></indexterm>
PAM provides a mechanism that disconnects these security programs from the underlying
authentication/authorization infrastructure. PAM is configured by making appropriate modifications to one file,
<filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> (Solaris), or by editing individual control files that are
@@ -53,6 +71,8 @@ located in <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename>.
</para>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM-enabled</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>dynamically loadable library modules</primary></indexterm>
On PAM-enabled UNIX/Linux systems, it is an easy matter to configure the system to use any
authentication backend so long as the appropriate dynamically loadable library modules
are available for it. The backend may be local to the system or may be centralized on a
@@ -66,14 +86,25 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term><listitem>
<para>
- There are several PAM modules that interact with this standard UNIX user
- database. The most common are called <filename>pam_unix.so</filename>, <filename>pam_unix2.so</filename>, <filename>pam_pwdb.so</filename>
- and <filename>pam_userdb.so</filename>.
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/passwd</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM modules</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_unix.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_unix2.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_pwdb.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_userdb.so</primary></indexterm>
+ There are several PAM modules that interact with this standard UNIX user database. The most common are called
+ <filename>pam_unix.so</filename>, <filename>pam_unix2.so</filename>, <filename>pam_pwdb.so</filename> and
+ <filename>pam_userdb.so</filename>.
</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Kerberos</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_krb5.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Kerberos</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Heimdal</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>MIT Kerberos</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>ADS</primary></indexterm>
The <filename>pam_krb5.so</filename> module allows the use of any Kerberos-compliant server.
This tool is used to access MIT Kerberos, Heimdal Kerberos, and potentially
Microsoft Active Directory (if enabled).
@@ -82,6 +113,12 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
<varlistentry><term>LDAP</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>LDAP</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_ldap.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>OpenLDAP</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Sun ONE iDentity server</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Novell eDirectory server</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>Microsoft Active Directory</primary></indexterm>
The <filename>pam_ldap.so</filename> module allows the use of any LDAP v2- or v3-compatible backend
server. Commonly used LDAP backend servers include OpenLDAP v2.0 and v2.1,
Sun ONE iDentity server, Novell eDirectory server, and Microsoft Active Directory.
@@ -90,6 +127,10 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
<varlistentry><term>NetWare Bindery</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>NetWare Bindery</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_ncp_auth.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>bindery-enabled</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>NetWare Core Protocol-based server</primary></indexterm>
The <filename>pam_ncp_auth.so</filename> module allows authentication off any bindery-enabled
NetWare Core Protocol-based server.
</para>
@@ -97,6 +138,9 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
<varlistentry><term>SMB Password</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>SMB Password</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_smbpass.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>passdb backend</primary></indexterm>
This module, called <filename>pam_smbpass.so</filename>, allows user authentication of
the passdb backend that is configured in the Samba &smb.conf; file.
</para>
@@ -104,6 +148,8 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
<varlistentry><term>SMB Server</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>SMB Server</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_smb_auth.so</primary></indexterm>
The <filename>pam_smb_auth.so</filename> module is the original MS Windows networking authentication
tool. This module has been somewhat outdated by the Winbind module.
</para>
@@ -111,6 +157,10 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
<varlistentry><term>Winbind</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>Winbind</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>domain controller</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>authentication</primary></indexterm>
The <filename>pam_winbind.so</filename> module allows Samba to obtain authentication from any
MS Windows domain controller. It can just as easily be used to authenticate
users for access to any PAM-enabled application.
@@ -119,6 +169,7 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
<varlistentry><term>RADIUS</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>Remote Access Dial-In User Service</primary><see>RADIUS</see></indexterm>
There is a PAM RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-In User Service) authentication
module. In most cases, administrators need to locate the source code
for this tool and compile and install it themselves. RADIUS protocols are
@@ -128,10 +179,17 @@ PAM support modules are available for:
</variablelist>
<para>
-Of the modules listed, Samba provides the <filename>pam_smbpasswd.so</filename> and the <filename>pam_winbind.so</filename> modules alone.
+<indexterm><primary>pam_smbpasswd.so</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>pam_winbind.so</primary></indexterm>
+Of the modules listed, Samba provides the <filename>pam_smbpasswd.so</filename> and the
+<filename>pam_winbind.so</filename> modules alone.
</para>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>wide-area network bandwidth</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>efficient authentication</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM-capable</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>centrally managed</primary></indexterm>
Once configured, these permit a remarkable level of flexibility in the location and use
of distributed Samba domain controllers that can provide wide-area network bandwidth,
efficient authentication services for PAM-capable systems. In effect, this allows the
@@ -145,6 +203,10 @@ single-user account database.
<title>Technical Discussion</title>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>privilege-granting applications</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.conf</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.d/</primary></indexterm>
PAM is designed to provide system administrators with a great deal of flexibility in
configuration of the privilege-granting applications of their system. The local
configuration of system security controlled by PAM is contained in one of two places:
@@ -156,11 +218,12 @@ either the single system file <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> or the
<title>PAM Configuration Syntax</title>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM-specific tokens</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>case sensitivity</primary></indexterm>
In this section we discuss the correct syntax of and generic options respected by entries to these files.
PAM-specific tokens in the configuration file are case insensitive. The module paths, however, are case
-sensitive, since they indicate a file's name and reflect the case
-dependence of typical file systems.
-The case sensitivity of the arguments to any given module is defined for each module in turn.
+sensitive, since they indicate a file's name and reflect the case dependence of typical file systems. The
+case sensitivity of the arguments to any given module is defined for each module in turn.
</para>
<para>
@@ -170,13 +233,12 @@ module specification lines may be extended with a <quote>\</quote>-escaped newli
</para>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>PAM authentication module</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>/lib/security</primary></indexterm>
If the PAM authentication module (loadable link library file) is located in the
default location, then it is not necessary to specify the path. In the case of
Linux, the default location is <filename>/lib/security</filename>. If the module
is located outside the default, then the path must be specified as:
-</para>
-
-<para>
<programlisting>
auth required /other_path/pam_strange_module.so
</programlisting>
@@ -192,10 +254,8 @@ project. For more information on PAM, see
</para>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/pam.conf</primary></indexterm>
A general configuration line of the <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> file has the following form:
-</para>
-
-<para>
<programlisting>
service-name module-type control-flag module-path args
</programlisting>
@@ -210,6 +270,9 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>service-name</term><listitem>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>ftpd</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>rlogind</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>su</primary></indexterm>
The name of the service associated with this entry. Frequently, the service-name is the conventional
name of the given application &smbmdash; for example, <command>ftpd</command>, <command>rlogind</command> and
<command>su</command>, and so on.
@@ -231,6 +294,8 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
+<indexterm><primary>auth</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>/etc/groups</primary></indexterm>
<parameter>auth:</parameter> This module type provides two aspects of authenticating the user.
It establishes that the user is who he or she claims to be by instructing the application
to prompt the user for a password or other means of identification. Second, the module can
@@ -239,6 +304,8 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+<indexterm><primary>account</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>non-authentication-based account management</primary></indexterm>
<parameter>account:</parameter> This module performs non-authentication-based account management.
It is typically used to restrict/permit access to a service based on the time of day, currently
available system resources (maximum number of users), or perhaps the location of the user
@@ -246,6 +313,7 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+<indexterm><primary>session</primary></indexterm>
<parameter>session:</parameter> Primarily, this module is associated with doing things that need
to be done for the user before and after he or she can be given service. Such things include logging
information concerning the opening and closing of some data exchange with a user, mounting
@@ -253,6 +321,7 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+<indexterm><primary>password</primary></indexterm>
<parameter>password:</parameter> This last module type is required for updating the authentication
token associated with the user. Typically, there is one module for each
<quote>challenge/response</quote>-based authentication <parameter>(auth)</parameter> module type.
@@ -262,7 +331,7 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>control-flag</term><listitem>
- <para>
+ <para>
The control-flag is used to indicate how the PAM library will react to the success or failure of the
module it is associated with. Since modules can be stacked (modules of the same type execute in series,
one after another), the control-flags determine the relative importance of each module. The application
@@ -274,6 +343,10 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
</para>
<para>
+<indexterm><primary>required</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>requisite</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>sufficient</primary></indexterm>
+<indexterm><primary>optional</primary></indexterm>
The simpler (and historical) syntax for the control-flag is a single keyword defined to indicate the
severity of concern associated with the success or failure of a specific module. There are four such
keywords: <parameter>required</parameter>, <parameter>requisite</parameter>,
@@ -301,16 +374,16 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
password in a hostile environment.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <parameter>sufficient:</parameter> The success of this module is deemed <parameter>sufficient</parameter> to satisfy
+ <listitem><para>
+ <parameter>sufficient:</parameter> The success of this module is deemed <parameter>sufficient</parameter> to satisfy
the Linux-PAM library that this module-type has succeeded in its purpose. In the event that no
previous required module has failed, no more <quote>stacked</quote> modules of this type are invoked.
(In this case, subsequent required modules are not invoked). A failure of this module is not deemed
as fatal to satisfying the application that this module-type has succeeded.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <parameter>optional:</parameter> As its name suggests, this control-flag marks the module as not
+ <listitem><para>
+ <parameter>optional:</parameter> As its name suggests, this control-flag marks the module as not
being critical to the success or failure of the user's application for service. In general,
Linux-PAM ignores such a module when determining if the module stack will succeed or fail.
However, in the absence of any definite successes or failures of previous or subsequent stacked
@@ -363,38 +436,39 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <parameter>bad:</parameter> This action indicates that the return code should be thought of as indicative
+ <parameter>bad:</parameter> This action indicates that the return code should be thought of as indicative
of the module failing. If this module is the first in the stack to fail, its status value will be used
for that of the whole stack.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <parameter>die:</parameter> Equivalent to bad with the side effect of terminating the module stack and
+ <listitem><para>
+ <parameter>die:</parameter> Equivalent to bad with the side effect of terminating the module stack and
PAM immediately returning to the application.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <parameter>ok:</parameter> This tells PAM that the administrator thinks this return code should
+ <listitem><para>
+ <parameter>ok:</parameter> This tells PAM that the administrator thinks this return code should
contribute directly to the return code of the full stack of modules. In other words, if the former
state of the stack would lead to a return of PAM_SUCCESS, the module's return code will override
this value. Note, if the former state of the stack holds some value that is indicative of a module's
failure, this <parameter>ok</parameter> value will not be used to override that value.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <parameter>done:</parameter> Equivalent to <parameter>ok</parameter> with the side effect of terminating the module stack and
+ <listitem><para>
+ <parameter>done:</parameter> Equivalent to <parameter>ok</parameter> with the side effect of terminating the module stack and
PAM immediately returning to the application.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- <parameter>reset:</parameter> Clears all memory of the state of the module stack and starts again with
+ <listitem><para>
+ <parameter>reset:</parameter> Clears all memory of the state of the module stack and starts again with
the next stacked module.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- Each of the four keywords, <parameter>required</parameter>; <parameter>requisite</parameter>; <parameter>sufficient</parameter>; and <parameter>optional</parameter>,
- have an equivalent expression in terms of the [...] syntax. They are as follows:
+ Each of the four keywords, <parameter>required</parameter>; <parameter>requisite</parameter>;
+ <parameter>sufficient</parameter>; and <parameter>optional</parameter>, have an equivalent expression in terms
+ of the [...] syntax. They are as follows:
</para>
<para>
@@ -408,7 +482,7 @@ Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <parameter>sufficient</parameter> is equivalent to <parameter>[success=done new_authtok_reqd=done<?latex \linebreak ?> default=ignore]</parameter>.
+ <parameter>sufficient</parameter> is equivalent to <parameter>[success=done new_authtok_reqd=done default=ignore]</parameter>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>