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@@ -2,22 +2,24 @@
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
->PAM Configuration for Centrally Managed Authentication</TITLE
+>Configuring PAM for distributed but centrally
+managed authentication</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
-CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
+CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+
+"><LINK
REL="HOME"
TITLE="SAMBA Project Documentation"
HREF="samba-howto-collection.html"><LINK
REL="UP"
-TITLE="Advanced Configuration"
+TITLE="Optional configuration"
HREF="optional.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
-TITLE="Interdomain Trust Relationships"
-HREF="interdomaintrusts.html"><LINK
+TITLE="UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists"
+HREF="unix-permissions.html"><LINK
REL="NEXT"
-TITLE="Stackable VFS modules"
-HREF="vfs.html"></HEAD
+TITLE="Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System tree on Samba"
+HREF="msdfs.html"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="CHAPTER"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
-HREF="interdomaintrusts.html"
+HREF="unix-permissions.html"
ACCESSKEY="P"
>Prev</A
></TD
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
-HREF="vfs.html"
+HREF="msdfs.html"
ACCESSKEY="N"
>Next</A
></TD
@@ -72,41 +74,14 @@ WIDTH="100%"></DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><H1
><A
-NAME="PAM"
-></A
->Chapter 20. PAM Configuration for Centrally Managed Authentication</H1
-><DIV
-CLASS="TOC"
-><DL
-><DT
-><B
->Table of Contents</B
-></DT
-><DT
->20.1. <A
-HREF="pam.html#AEN3507"
->Samba and PAM</A
-></DT
-><DT
->20.2. <A
-HREF="pam.html#AEN3558"
->Distributed Authentication</A
-></DT
-><DT
->20.3. <A
-HREF="pam.html#AEN3563"
->PAM Configuration in smb.conf</A
-></DT
-></DL
-></DIV
+NAME="PAM">Chapter 12. Configuring PAM for distributed but centrally
+managed authentication</H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN3507"
->20.1. Samba and PAM</A
-></H1
+NAME="AEN1788">12.1. Samba and PAM</H1
><P
>A number of Unix systems (eg: Sun Solaris), as well as the
xxxxBSD family and Linux, now utilize the Pluggable Authentication
@@ -141,45 +116,6 @@ or by editing individual files that are located in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/pam.d</TT
>.</P
-><DIV
-CLASS="NOTE"
-><P
-></P
-><TABLE
-CLASS="NOTE"
-WIDTH="100%"
-BORDER="0"
-><TR
-><TD
-WIDTH="25"
-ALIGN="CENTER"
-VALIGN="TOP"
-><IMG
-SRC="/usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/dsssl/modular/images/note.gif"
-HSPACE="5"
-ALT="Note"></TD
-><TD
-ALIGN="LEFT"
-VALIGN="TOP"
-><P
-> 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 <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/lib/security</TT
->. If the module
- is located other than default then the path may be specified as:
-
- <PRE
-CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
-> auth required /other_path/pam_strange_module.so
- </PRE
->
- </P
-></TD
-></TR
-></TABLE
-></DIV
><P
>The following is an example <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
@@ -195,46 +131,40 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
><P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
-> #%PAM-1.0
- # The PAM configuration file for the `login' service
- #
- auth required pam_securetty.so
- auth required pam_nologin.so
- # auth required pam_dialup.so
- # auth optional pam_mail.so
- auth required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5
- # account requisite pam_time.so
- account required pam_pwdb.so
- session required pam_pwdb.so
- # session optional pam_lastlog.so
- # password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3
- password required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5</PRE
+>#%PAM-1.0
+# The PAM configuration file for the `login' service
+#
+auth required pam_securetty.so
+auth required pam_nologin.so
+# auth required pam_dialup.so
+# auth optional pam_mail.so
+auth required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5
+# account requisite pam_time.so
+account required pam_pwdb.so
+session required pam_pwdb.so
+# session optional pam_lastlog.so
+# password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3
+password required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5</PRE
></P
><P
>PAM allows use of replacable modules. Those available on a
sample system include:</P
><P
-><SAMP
-CLASS="PROMPT"
->$</SAMP
-><KBD
-CLASS="USERINPUT"
->/bin/ls /lib/security</KBD
->
-<PRE
+><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
-> pam_access.so pam_ftp.so pam_limits.so
- pam_ncp_auth.so pam_rhosts_auth.so pam_stress.so
- pam_cracklib.so pam_group.so pam_listfile.so
- pam_nologin.so pam_rootok.so pam_tally.so
- pam_deny.so pam_issue.so pam_mail.so
- pam_permit.so pam_securetty.so pam_time.so
- pam_dialup.so pam_lastlog.so pam_mkhomedir.so
- pam_pwdb.so pam_shells.so pam_unix.so
- pam_env.so pam_ldap.so pam_motd.so
- pam_radius.so pam_smbpass.so pam_unix_acct.so
- pam_wheel.so pam_unix_auth.so pam_unix_passwd.so
- pam_userdb.so pam_warn.so pam_unix_session.so</PRE
+>$ /bin/ls /lib/security
+pam_access.so pam_ftp.so pam_limits.so
+pam_ncp_auth.so pam_rhosts_auth.so pam_stress.so
+pam_cracklib.so pam_group.so pam_listfile.so
+pam_nologin.so pam_rootok.so pam_tally.so
+pam_deny.so pam_issue.so pam_mail.so
+pam_permit.so pam_securetty.so pam_time.so
+pam_dialup.so pam_lastlog.so pam_mkhomedir.so
+pam_pwdb.so pam_shells.so pam_unix.so
+pam_env.so pam_ldap.so pam_motd.so
+pam_radius.so pam_smbpass.so pam_unix_acct.so
+pam_wheel.so pam_unix_auth.so pam_unix_passwd.so
+pam_userdb.so pam_warn.so pam_unix_session.so</PRE
></P
><P
>The following example for the login program replaces the use of
@@ -297,13 +227,13 @@ source distribution.</P
><P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
-> #%PAM-1.0
- # The PAM configuration file for the `login' service
- #
- auth required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
- account required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
- session required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
- password required pam_smbpass.so nodelay</PRE
+>#%PAM-1.0
+# The PAM configuration file for the `login' service
+#
+auth required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
+account required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
+session required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
+password required pam_smbpass.so nodelay</PRE
></P
><P
>The following is the PAM configuration file for a particular
@@ -314,13 +244,13 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
><P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
-> #%PAM-1.0
- # The PAM configuration file for the `samba' service
- #
- auth required pam_pwdb.so nullok nodelay shadow audit
- account required pam_pwdb.so audit nodelay
- session required pam_pwdb.so nodelay
- password required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5</PRE
+>#%PAM-1.0
+# The PAM configuration file for the `samba' service
+#
+auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so nullok nodelay shadow audit
+account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so audit nodelay
+session required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so nodelay
+password required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow md5</PRE
></P
><P
>In the following example the decision has been made to use the
@@ -331,36 +261,16 @@ program.</P
><P
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
-> #%PAM-1.0
- # The PAM configuration file for the `samba' service
- #
- auth required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
- account required pam_pwdb.so audit nodelay
- session required pam_pwdb.so nodelay
- password required pam_smbpass.so nodelay smbconf=/etc/samba.d/smb.conf</PRE
+>#%PAM-1.0
+# The PAM configuration file for the `samba' service
+#
+auth required /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so nodelay
+account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so audit nodelay
+session required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so nodelay
+password required /lib/security/pam_smbpass.so nodelay smbconf=/etc/samba.d/smb.conf</PRE
></P
-><DIV
-CLASS="NOTE"
><P
-></P
-><TABLE
-CLASS="NOTE"
-WIDTH="100%"
-BORDER="0"
-><TR
-><TD
-WIDTH="25"
-ALIGN="CENTER"
-VALIGN="TOP"
-><IMG
-SRC="/usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/dsssl/modular/images/note.gif"
-HSPACE="5"
-ALT="Note"></TD
-><TD
-ALIGN="LEFT"
-VALIGN="TOP"
-><P
->PAM allows stacking of authentication mechanisms. It is
+>Note: PAM allows stacking of authentication mechanisms. It is
also possible to pass information obtained within one PAM module through
to the next module in the PAM stack. Please refer to the documentation for
your particular system implementation for details regarding the specific
@@ -377,19 +287,13 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
on the basis that it allows for easier administration. As with all issues in
life though, every decision makes trade-offs, so you may want examine the
PAM documentation for further helpful information.</P
-></TD
-></TR
-></TABLE
-></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN3558"
->20.2. Distributed Authentication</A
-></H1
+NAME="AEN1832">12.2. Distributed Authentication</H1
><P
>The astute administrator will realize from this that the
combination of <TT
@@ -399,9 +303,16 @@ CLASS="FILENAME"
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>winbindd</B
->, and a distributed
-passdb backend, such as ldap, will allow the establishment of a
-centrally managed, distributed
+>, and <B
+CLASS="COMMAND"
+>rsync</B
+> (see
+<A
+HREF="http://rsync.samba.org/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://rsync.samba.org/</A
+>)
+will allow the establishment of a centrally managed, distributed
user/password database that can also be used by all
PAM (eg: Linux) aware programs and applications. This arrangement
can have particularly potent advantages compared with the
@@ -413,9 +324,7 @@ CLASS="SECT1"
><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
-NAME="AEN3563"
->20.3. PAM Configuration in smb.conf</A
-></H1
+NAME="AEN1839">12.3. PAM Configuration in smb.conf</H1
><P
>There is an option in smb.conf called <A
HREF="smb.conf.5.html#OBEYPAMRESTRICTIONS"
@@ -424,10 +333,10 @@ TARGET="_top"
>.
The following is from the on-line help for this option in SWAT;</P
><P
->When Samba is configured to enable PAM support (i.e.
-<CODE
+>When Samba 2.2 is configure to enable PAM support (i.e.
+<TT
CLASS="CONSTANT"
->--with-pam</CODE
+>--with-pam</TT
>), this parameter will
control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's account
and session management directives. The default behavior
@@ -465,7 +374,7 @@ WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
-HREF="interdomaintrusts.html"
+HREF="unix-permissions.html"
ACCESSKEY="P"
>Prev</A
></TD
@@ -483,7 +392,7 @@ WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
><A
-HREF="vfs.html"
+HREF="msdfs.html"
ACCESSKEY="N"
>Next</A
></TD
@@ -493,7 +402,7 @@ ACCESSKEY="N"
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
->Interdomain Trust Relationships</TD
+>UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
@@ -507,7 +416,7 @@ ACCESSKEY="U"
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
->Stackable VFS modules</TD
+>Hosting a Microsoft Distributed File System tree on Samba</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
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