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1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 28. PAM-Based Distributed Authentication</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba 3.5.x HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="prev" href="ProfileMgmt.html" title="Chapter 27. Desktop Profile Management"><link rel="next" href="integrate-ms-networks.html" title="Chapter 29. Integrating MS Windows Networks with Samba"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 28. PAM-Based Distributed Authentication</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ProfileMgmt.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="integrate-ms-networks.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 28. PAM-Based Distributed Authentication"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="pam"></a>Chapter 28. PAM-Based Distributed Authentication</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>&gt;</code></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Stephen</span> <span class="surname">Langasek</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:vorlon@netexpress.net">vorlon@netexpress.net</a>&gt;</code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">May 31, 2003</p></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pam.html#id428296">Features and Benefits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pam.html#id428896">Technical Discussion</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pam.html#id428947">PAM Configuration Syntax</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pam.html#id429855">Example System Configurations</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pam.html#id430124"><code class="filename">smb.conf</code> PAM Configuration</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pam.html#id430196">Remote CIFS Authentication Using <code class="filename">winbindd.so</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pam.html#id430284">Password Synchronization Using <code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pam.html#id430641">Common Errors</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pam.html#id430651">pam_winbind Problem</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="pam.html#id430740">Winbind Is Not Resolving Users and Groups</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>
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6This chapter should help you to deploy Winbind-based authentication on any PAM-enabled
7UNIX/Linux system. Winbind can be used to enable user-level application access authentication
8from any MS Windows NT domain, MS Windows 200x Active Directory-based
9domain, or any Samba-based domain environment. It will also help you to configure PAM-based local host access
10controls that are appropriate to your Samba configuration.
11</p><p>
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14In addition to knowing how to configure Winbind into PAM, you will learn generic PAM management
15possibilities and in particular how to deploy tools like <code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code> to your advantage.
16</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
17The use of Winbind requires more than PAM configuration alone.
18Please refer to <a class="link" href="winbind.html" title="Chapter 24. Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts">Winbind: Use of Domain Accounts</a>, for further information regarding Winbind.
19</p></div><div class="sect1" title="Features and Benefits"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id428296"></a>Features and Benefits</h2></div></div></div><p>
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28A number of UNIX systems (e.g., Sun Solaris), as well as the xxxxBSD family and Linux,
29now utilize the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) facility to provide all authentication,
30authorization, and resource control services. Prior to the introduction of PAM, a decision
31to use an alternative to the system password database (<code class="filename">/etc/passwd</code>)
32would require the provision of alternatives for all programs that provide security services.
33Such a choice would involve provision of alternatives to programs such as <code class="literal">login</code>,
34<code class="literal">passwd</code>, <code class="literal">chown</code>, and so on.
35</p><p>
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40PAM provides a mechanism that disconnects these security programs from the underlying
41authentication/authorization infrastructure. PAM is configured by making appropriate modifications to one file,
42<code class="filename">/etc/pam.conf</code> (Solaris), or by editing individual control files that are
43located in <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d</code>.
44</p><p>
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47On PAM-enabled UNIX/Linux systems, it is an easy matter to configure the system to use any
48authentication backend so long as the appropriate dynamically loadable library modules
49are available for it. The backend may be local to the system or may be centralized on a
50remote server.
51</p><p>
52PAM support modules are available for:
53</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">/etc/passwd</code></span></dt><dd><p>
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60 There are several PAM modules that interact with this standard UNIX user database. The most common are called
61 <code class="filename">pam_unix.so</code>, <code class="filename">pam_unix2.so</code>, <code class="filename">pam_pwdb.so</code> and
62 <code class="filename">pam_userdb.so</code>.
63 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Kerberos</span></dt><dd><p>
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69 The <code class="filename">pam_krb5.so</code> module allows the use of any Kerberos-compliant server.
70 This tool is used to access MIT Kerberos, Heimdal Kerberos, and potentially
71 Microsoft Active Directory (if enabled).
72 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">LDAP</span></dt><dd><p>
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79 The <code class="filename">pam_ldap.so</code> module allows the use of any LDAP v2- or v3-compatible backend
80 server. Commonly used LDAP backend servers include OpenLDAP v2.0 and v2.1,
81 Sun ONE iDentity server, Novell eDirectory server, and Microsoft Active Directory.
82 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">NetWare Bindery</span></dt><dd><p>
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87 The <code class="filename">pam_ncp_auth.so</code> module allows authentication off any bindery-enabled
88 NetWare Core Protocol-based server.
89 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">SMB Password</span></dt><dd><p>
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93 This module, called <code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code>, allows user authentication of
94 the passdb backend that is configured in the Samba <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file.
95 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">SMB Server</span></dt><dd><p>
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98 The <code class="filename">pam_smb_auth.so</code> module is the original MS Windows networking authentication
99 tool. This module has been somewhat outdated by the Winbind module.
100 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Winbind</span></dt><dd><p>
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105 The <code class="filename">pam_winbind.so</code> module allows Samba to obtain authentication from any
106 MS Windows domain controller. It can just as easily be used to authenticate
107 users for access to any PAM-enabled application.
108 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">RADIUS</span></dt><dd><p>
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110 There is a PAM RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-In User Service) authentication
111 module. In most cases, administrators need to locate the source code
112 for this tool and compile and install it themselves. RADIUS protocols are
113 used by many routers and terminal servers.
114 </p></dd></dl></div><p>
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117Of the modules listed, Samba provides the <code class="filename">pam_smbpasswd.so</code> and the
118<code class="filename">pam_winbind.so</code> modules alone.
119</p><p>
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124Once configured, these permit a remarkable level of flexibility in the location and use
125of distributed Samba domain controllers that can provide wide-area network bandwidth,
126efficient authentication services for PAM-capable systems. In effect, this allows the
127deployment of centrally managed and maintained distributed authentication from a
128single-user account database.
129</p></div><div class="sect1" title="Technical Discussion"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id428896"></a>Technical Discussion</h2></div></div></div><p>
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134PAM is designed to provide system administrators with a great deal of flexibility in
135configuration of the privilege-granting applications of their system. The local
136configuration of system security controlled by PAM is contained in one of two places:
137either the single system file <code class="filename">/etc/pam.conf</code> or the
138<code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/</code> directory.
139</p><div class="sect2" title="PAM Configuration Syntax"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id428947"></a>PAM Configuration Syntax</h3></div></div></div><p>
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142In this section we discuss the correct syntax of and generic options respected by entries to these files.
143PAM-specific tokens in the configuration file are case insensitive. The module paths, however, are case
144sensitive, since they indicate a file's name and reflect the case dependence of typical file systems. The
145case sensitivity of the arguments to any given module is defined for each module in turn.
146</p><p>
147In addition to the lines described below, there are two special characters provided for the convenience
148of the system administrator: comments are preceded by a <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">#</span>&#8221;</span> and extend to the next end-of-line; also,
149module specification lines may be extended with a <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">\</span>&#8221;</span>-escaped newline.
150</p><p>
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153If the PAM authentication module (loadable link library file) is located in the
154default location, then it is not necessary to specify the path. In the case of
155Linux, the default location is <code class="filename">/lib/security</code>. If the module
156is located outside the default, then the path must be specified as:
157</p><pre class="programlisting">
158auth required /other_path/pam_strange_module.so
159</pre><p>
160</p><div class="sect3" title="Anatomy of /etc/pam.d Entries"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id429016"></a>Anatomy of <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d</code> Entries</h4></div></div></div><p>
161The remaining information in this subsection was taken from the documentation of the Linux-PAM
162project. For more information on PAM, see
163<a class="ulink" href="http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/" target="_top">the Official Linux-PAM home page</a>.
164</p><p>
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166A general configuration line of the <code class="filename">/etc/pam.conf</code> file has the following form:
167</p><pre class="programlisting">
168service-name module-type control-flag module-path args
169</pre><p>
170</p><p>
171We explain the meaning of each of these tokens. The second (and more recently adopted)
172way of configuring Linux-PAM is via the contents of the <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/</code> directory.
173Once we have explained the meaning of the tokens, we describe this method.
174</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">service-name</span></dt><dd><p>
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178 The name of the service associated with this entry. Frequently, the service-name is the conventional
179 name of the given application for example, <code class="literal">ftpd</code>, <code class="literal">rlogind</code> and
180 <code class="literal">su</code>, and so on.
181 </p><p>
182 There is a special service-name reserved for defining a default authentication mechanism. It has
183 the name <em class="parameter"><code>OTHER</code></em> and may be specified in either lower- or uppercase characters.
184 Note, when there is a module specified for a named service, the <em class="parameter"><code>OTHER</code></em>
185 entries are ignored.
186 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">module-type</span></dt><dd><p>
187 One of (currently) four types of module. The four types are as follows:
188 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
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191 <em class="parameter"><code>auth:</code></em> This module type provides two aspects of authenticating the user.
192 It establishes that the user is who he or she claims to be by instructing the application
193 to prompt the user for a password or other means of identification. Second, the module can
194 grant group membership (independently of the <code class="filename">/etc/groups</code> file)
195 or other privileges through its credential-granting properties.
196 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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199 <em class="parameter"><code>account:</code></em> This module performs non-authentication-based account management.
200 It is typically used to restrict/permit access to a service based on the time of day, currently
201 available system resources (maximum number of users), or perhaps the location of the user
202 login. For example, the <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">root</span>&#8221;</span> login may be permitted only on the console.
203 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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205 <em class="parameter"><code>session:</code></em> Primarily, this module is associated with doing things that need
206 to be done for the user before and after he or she can be given service. Such things include logging
207 information concerning the opening and closing of some data exchange with a user, mounting
208 directories, and so on.
209 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
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211 <em class="parameter"><code>password:</code></em> This last module type is required for updating the authentication
212 token associated with the user. Typically, there is one module for each
213 <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">challenge/response</span>&#8221;</span> authentication <em class="parameter"><code>(auth)</code></em> module type.
214 </p></li></ul></div></dd><dt><span class="term">control-flag</span></dt><dd><p>
215 The control-flag is used to indicate how the PAM library will react to the success or failure of the
216 module it is associated with. Since modules can be stacked (modules of the same type execute in series,
217 one after another), the control-flags determine the relative importance of each module. The application
218 is not made aware of the individual success or failure of modules listed in the
219 <code class="filename">/etc/pam.conf</code> file. Instead, it receives a summary success or fail response from
220 the Linux-PAM library. The order of execution of these modules is that of the entries in the
221 <code class="filename">/etc/pam.conf</code> file; earlier entries are executed before later ones.
222 As of Linux-PAM v0.60, this control-flag can be defined with one of two syntaxes.
223 </p><p>
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228 The simpler (and historical) syntax for the control-flag is a single keyword defined to indicate the
229 severity of concern associated with the success or failure of a specific module. There are four such
230 keywords: <em class="parameter"><code>required</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code>requisite</code></em>,
231 <em class="parameter"><code>sufficient</code></em>, and <em class="parameter"><code>optional</code></em>.
232 </p><p>
233 The Linux-PAM library interprets these keywords in the following manner:
234 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
235 <em class="parameter"><code>required:</code></em> This indicates that the success of the module is required for the
236 module-type facility to succeed. Failure of this module will not be apparent to the user until all
237 of the remaining modules (of the same module-type) have been executed.
238 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
239 <em class="parameter"><code>requisite:</code></em> Like required, except that if such a module returns a
240 failure, control is directly returned to the application. The return value is that associated with
241 the first required or requisite module to fail. This flag can be used to protect against the
242 possibility of a user getting the opportunity to enter a password over an unsafe medium. It is
243 conceivable that such behavior might inform an attacker of valid accounts on a system. This
244 possibility should be weighed against the not insignificant concerns of exposing a sensitive
245 password in a hostile environment.
246 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
247 <em class="parameter"><code>sufficient:</code></em> The success of this module is deemed <em class="parameter"><code>sufficient</code></em> to satisfy
248 the Linux-PAM library that this module-type has succeeded in its purpose. In the event that no
249 previous required module has failed, no more <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">stacked</span>&#8221;</span> modules of this type are invoked.
250 (In this case, subsequent required modules are not invoked). A failure of this module is not deemed
251 as fatal to satisfying the application that this module-type has succeeded.
252 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
253 <em class="parameter"><code>optional:</code></em> As its name suggests, this control-flag marks the module as not
254 being critical to the success or failure of the user's application for service. In general,
255 Linux-PAM ignores such a module when determining if the module stack will succeed or fail.
256 However, in the absence of any definite successes or failures of previous or subsequent stacked
257 modules, this module will determine the nature of the response to the application. One example of
258 this latter case is when the other modules return something like PAM_IGNORE.
259 </p></li></ul></div><p>
260 The more elaborate (newer) syntax is much more specific and gives the administrator a great deal of control
261 over how the user is authenticated. This form of the control-flag is delimited with square brackets and
262 consists of a series of <em class="parameter"><code>value=action</code></em> tokens:
263 </p><pre class="programlisting">
264[value1=action1 value2=action2 ...]
265</pre><p>
266 Here, <em class="parameter"><code>value1</code></em> is one of the following return values:
267</p><pre class="screen">
268<em class="parameter"><code>success; open_err; symbol_err; service_err; system_err; buf_err;</code></em>
269<em class="parameter"><code>perm_denied; auth_err; cred_insufficient; authinfo_unavail;</code></em>
270<em class="parameter"><code>user_unknown; maxtries; new_authtok_reqd; acct_expired; session_err;</code></em>
271<em class="parameter"><code>cred_unavail; cred_expired; cred_err; no_module_data; conv_err;</code></em>
272<em class="parameter"><code>authtok_err; authtok_recover_err; authtok_lock_busy;</code></em>
273<em class="parameter"><code>authtok_disable_aging; try_again; ignore; abort; authtok_expired;</code></em>
274<em class="parameter"><code>module_unknown; bad_item;</code></em> and <em class="parameter"><code>default</code></em>.
275</pre><p>
276</p><p>
277 The last of these (<em class="parameter"><code>default</code></em>) can be used to set the action for those return values that are not explicitly defined.
278 </p><p>
279 The <em class="parameter"><code>action1</code></em> can be a positive integer or one of the following tokens:
280 <em class="parameter"><code>ignore</code></em>; <em class="parameter"><code>ok</code></em>; <em class="parameter"><code>done</code></em>;
281 <em class="parameter"><code>bad</code></em>; <em class="parameter"><code>die</code></em>; and <em class="parameter"><code>reset</code></em>.
282 A positive integer, J, when specified as the action, can be used to indicate that the next J modules of the
283 current module-type will be skipped. In this way, the administrator can develop a moderately sophisticated
284 stack of modules with a number of different paths of execution. Which path is taken can be determined by the
285 reactions of individual modules.
286 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
287 <em class="parameter"><code>ignore:</code></em> When used with a stack of modules, the module's return status will not
288 contribute to the return code the application obtains.
289 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
290 <em class="parameter"><code>bad:</code></em> This action indicates that the return code should be thought of as indicative
291 of the module failing. If this module is the first in the stack to fail, its status value will be used
292 for that of the whole stack.
293 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
294 <em class="parameter"><code>die:</code></em> Equivalent to bad with the side effect of terminating the module stack and
295 PAM immediately returning to the application.
296 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
297 <em class="parameter"><code>ok:</code></em> This tells PAM that the administrator thinks this return code should
298 contribute directly to the return code of the full stack of modules. In other words, if the former
299 state of the stack would lead to a return of PAM_SUCCESS, the module's return code will override
300 this value. Note, if the former state of the stack holds some value that is indicative of a module's
301 failure, this <em class="parameter"><code>ok</code></em> value will not be used to override that value.
302 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
303 <em class="parameter"><code>done:</code></em> Equivalent to <em class="parameter"><code>ok</code></em> with the side effect of terminating the module stack and
304 PAM immediately returning to the application.
305 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
306 <em class="parameter"><code>reset:</code></em> Clears all memory of the state of the module stack and starts again with
307 the next stacked module.
308 </p></li></ul></div><p>
309 Each of the four keywords, <em class="parameter"><code>required</code></em>; <em class="parameter"><code>requisite</code></em>;
310 <em class="parameter"><code>sufficient</code></em>; and <em class="parameter"><code>optional</code></em>, have an equivalent expression in terms
311 of the [...] syntax. They are as follows:
312 </p><p>
313 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
314 <em class="parameter"><code>required</code></em> is equivalent to <em class="parameter"><code>[success=ok new_authtok_reqd=ok ignore=ignore default=bad]</code></em>.
315 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
316 <em class="parameter"><code>requisite</code></em> is equivalent to <em class="parameter"><code>[success=ok new_authtok_reqd=ok ignore=ignore default=die]</code></em>.
317 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
318 <em class="parameter"><code>sufficient</code></em> is equivalent to <em class="parameter"><code>[success=done new_authtok_reqd=done default=ignore]</code></em>.
319 </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
320 <em class="parameter"><code>optional</code></em> is equivalent to <em class="parameter"><code>[success=ok new_authtok_reqd=ok default=ignore]</code></em>.
321 </p></li></ul></div><p>
322 </p><p>
323 Just to get a feel for the power of this new syntax, here is a taste of what you can do with it. With Linux-PAM-0.63,
324 the notion of client plug-in agents was introduced. This makes it possible for PAM to support
325 machine-machine authentication using the transport protocol inherent to the client/server application. With the
326 <em class="parameter"><code>[ ... value=action ... ]</code></em> control syntax, it is possible for an application to be configured
327 to support binary prompts with compliant clients, but to gracefully fail over into an alternative authentication
328 mode for legacy applications.
329 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">module-path</span></dt><dd><p>
330 The pathname of the dynamically loadable object file; the pluggable module itself. If the first character of the
331 module path is <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">/</span>&#8221;</span>, it is assumed to be a complete path. If this is not the case, the given module path is appended
332 to the default module path: <code class="filename">/lib/security</code> (but see the previous notes).
333 </p><p>
334 The arguments are a list of tokens that are passed to the module when it is invoked, much like arguments to a typical
335 Linux shell command. Generally, valid arguments are optional and are specific to any given module. Invalid arguments
336 are ignored by a module; however, when encountering an invalid argument, the module is required to write an error
337 to syslog(3). For a list of generic options, see the next section.
338 </p><p>
339 If you wish to include spaces in an argument, you should surround that argument with square brackets. For example:
340 </p><pre class="programlisting">
341squid auth required pam_mysql.so user=passwd_query passwd=mada \
342db=eminence [query=select user_name from internet_service where \
343user_name=<span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">%u</span>&#8221;</span> and password=PASSWORD(<span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">%p</span>&#8221;</span>) and service=<span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">web_proxy</span>&#8221;</span>]
344</pre><p>
345 When using this convention, you can include <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">[</span>&#8221;</span> characters inside the string, and if you wish to have a <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">]</span>&#8221;</span>
346 character inside the string that will survive the argument parsing, you should use <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">\[</span>&#8221;</span>. In other words,
347 </p><pre class="programlisting">
348[..[..\]..] --&gt; ..[..]..
349</pre><p>
350 Any line in one of the configuration files that is not formatted correctly will generally tend (erring on the
351 side of caution) to make the authentication process fail. A corresponding error is written to the system log files
352 with a call to syslog(3).
353 </p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Example System Configurations"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id429855"></a>Example System Configurations</h3></div></div></div><p>
354The following is an example <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/login</code> configuration file.
355This example had all options uncommented and is probably not usable
356because it stacks many conditions before allowing successful completion
357of the login process. Essentially, all conditions can be disabled
358by commenting them out, except the calls to <code class="filename">pam_pwdb.so</code>.
359</p><div class="sect3" title="PAM: Original Login Config"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id429878"></a>PAM: Original Login Config</h4></div></div></div><p>
360 </p><pre class="programlisting">
361#%PAM-1.0
362# The PAM configuration file for the <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">login</span>&#8221;</span> service
363#
364auth required pam_securetty.so
365auth required pam_nologin.so
366# auth required pam_dialup.so
367# auth optional pam_mail.so
368auth required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5
369# account requisite pam_time.so
370account required pam_pwdb.so
371session required pam_pwdb.so
372# session optional pam_lastlog.so
373# password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3
374password required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5
375</pre><p>
376</p></div><div class="sect3" title="PAM: Login Using pam_smbpass"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id429901"></a>PAM: Login Using <code class="filename">pam_smbpass</code></h4></div></div></div><p>
377PAM allows use of replaceable modules. Those available on a sample system include:
378</p><p><code class="prompt">$</code><strong class="userinput"><code>/bin/ls /lib/security</code></strong>
379</p><pre class="programlisting">
380pam_access.so pam_ftp.so pam_limits.so
381pam_ncp_auth.so pam_rhosts_auth.so pam_stress.so
382pam_cracklib.so pam_group.so pam_listfile.so
383pam_nologin.so pam_rootok.so pam_tally.so
384pam_deny.so pam_issue.so pam_mail.so
385pam_permit.so pam_securetty.so pam_time.so
386pam_dialup.so pam_lastlog.so pam_mkhomedir.so
387pam_pwdb.so pam_shells.so pam_unix.so
388pam_env.so pam_ldap.so pam_motd.so
389pam_radius.so pam_smbpass.so pam_unix_acct.so
390pam_wheel.so pam_unix_auth.so pam_unix_passwd.so
391pam_userdb.so pam_warn.so pam_unix_session.so
392</pre><p>
393The following example for the login program replaces the use of
394the <code class="filename">pam_pwdb.so</code> module that uses the system
395password database (<code class="filename">/etc/passwd</code>,
396<code class="filename">/etc/shadow</code>, <code class="filename">/etc/group</code>) with
397the module <code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code>, which uses the Samba
398database containing the Microsoft MD4 encrypted password
399hashes. This database is stored either in
400<code class="filename">/usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd</code>,
401<code class="filename">/etc/samba/smbpasswd</code> or in
402<code class="filename">/etc/samba.d/smbpasswd</code>, depending on the
403Samba implementation for your UNIX/Linux system. The
404<code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code> module is provided by
405Samba version 2.2.1 or later. It can be compiled by specifying the
406<code class="option">--with-pam_smbpass</code> options when running Samba's
407<code class="literal">configure</code> script. For more information
408on the <code class="filename">pam_smbpass</code> module, see the documentation
409in the <code class="filename">source/pam_smbpass</code> directory of the Samba
410source distribution.
411</p><p>
412 </p><pre class="programlisting">
413#%PAM-1.0
414# The PAM configuration file for the <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">login</span>&#8221;</span> service
415#
416auth required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
417account required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
418session required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
419password required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
420</pre><p>
421The following is the PAM configuration file for a particular
422Linux system. The default condition uses <code class="filename">pam_pwdb.so</code>.
423</p><p>
424 </p><pre class="programlisting">
425#%PAM-1.0
426# The PAM configuration file for the <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">samba</span>&#8221;</span> service
427#
428auth required pam_pwdb.so nullok nodelay shadow audit
429account required pam_pwdb.so audit nodelay
430session required pam_pwdb.so nodelay
431password required pam_pwdb.so shadow md5
432</pre><p>
433In the following example, the decision has been made to use the
434<code class="literal">smbpasswd</code> database even for basic Samba authentication. Such a
435decision could also be made for the <code class="literal">passwd</code> program and would
436thus allow the <code class="literal">smbpasswd</code> passwords to be changed using the
437<code class="literal">passwd</code> program:
438</p><p>
439 </p><pre class="programlisting">
440#%PAM-1.0
441# The PAM configuration file for the <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">samba</span>&#8221;</span> service
442#
443auth required pam_smbpass.so nodelay
444account required pam_pwdb.so audit nodelay
445session required pam_pwdb.so nodelay
446password required pam_smbpass.so nodelay smbconf=/etc/samba.d/smb.conf
447</pre><p>
448</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>PAM allows stacking of authentication mechanisms. It is
449also possible to pass information obtained within one PAM module through
450to the next module in the PAM stack. Please refer to the documentation for
451your particular system implementation for details regarding the specific
452capabilities of PAM in this environment. Some Linux implementations also
453provide the <code class="filename">pam_stack.so</code> module that allows all
454authentication to be configured in a single central file. The
455<code class="filename">pam_stack.so</code> method has some devoted followers
456on the basis that it allows for easier administration. As with all issues in
457life, though, every decision has trade-offs, so you may want to examine the
458PAM documentation for further helpful information.
459</p></div></div></div><div class="sect2" title="smb.conf PAM Configuration"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id430124"></a><code class="filename">smb.conf</code> PAM Configuration</h3></div></div></div><p>
460There is an option in <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> called <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#OBEYPAMRESTRICTIONS" target="_top">obey pam restrictions</a>.
461The following is from the online help for this option in SWAT:
462</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
463When Samba is configured to enable PAM support (i.e., <code class="option">--with-pam</code>), this parameter will
464control whether or not Samba should obey PAM's account and session management directives. The default behavior
465is to use PAM for clear-text authentication only and to ignore any account or session management. Samba always
466ignores PAM for authentication in the case of <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#ENCRYPTPASSWORDS" target="_top">encrypt passwords = yes</a>.
467The reason is that PAM modules cannot support the challenge/response authentication mechanism needed in the presence of SMB
468password encryption.
469</p><p>Default: <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#OBEYPAMRESTRICTIONS" target="_top">obey pam restrictions = no</a></p></blockquote></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Remote CIFS Authentication Using winbindd.so"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id430196"></a>Remote CIFS Authentication Using <code class="filename">winbindd.so</code></h3></div></div></div><p>
470All operating systems depend on the provision of user credentials acceptable to the platform.
471UNIX requires the provision of a user identifier (UID) as well as a group identifier (GID).
472These are both simple integer numbers that are obtained from a password backend such
473as <code class="filename">/etc/passwd</code>.
474</p><p>
475Users and groups on a Windows NT server are assigned a relative ID (RID) which is unique for
476the domain when the user or group is created. To convert the Windows NT user or group into
477a UNIX user or group, a mapping between RIDs and UNIX user and group IDs is required. This
478is one of the jobs that winbind performs.
479</p><p>
480As winbind users and groups are resolved from a server, user and group IDs are allocated
481from a specified range. This is done on a first come, first served basis, although all
482existing users and groups will be mapped as soon as a client performs a user or group
483enumeration command. The allocated UNIX IDs are stored in a database file under the Samba
484lock directory and will be remembered.
485</p><p>
486The astute administrator will realize from this that the combination of <code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code>,
487<code class="literal">winbindd</code>, and a distributed <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#PASSDBBACKEND" target="_top">passdb backend</a>
488such as <em class="parameter"><code>ldap</code></em> will allow the establishment of a centrally managed, distributed user/password
489database that can also be used by all PAM-aware (e.g., Linux) programs and applications. This arrangement can have
490particularly potent advantages compared with the use of Microsoft Active Directory Service (ADS) insofar as
491the reduction of wide-area network authentication traffic.
492</p><div class="warning" title="Warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>
493The RID to UNIX ID database is the only location where the user and group mappings are
494stored by <code class="literal">winbindd</code>. If this file is deleted or corrupted, there is no way for <code class="literal">winbindd</code>
495to determine which user and group IDs correspond to Windows NT user and group RIDs.
496</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Password Synchronization Using pam_smbpass.so"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id430284"></a>Password Synchronization Using <code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code></h3></div></div></div><p>
497<code class="filename">pam_smbpass</code> is a PAM module that can be used on conforming systems to
498keep the <code class="filename">smbpasswd</code> (Samba password) database in sync with the UNIX
499password file. PAM is an API supported
500under some UNIX operating systems, such as Solaris, HPUX, and Linux, that provides a
501generic interface to authentication mechanisms.
502</p><p>
503This module authenticates a local <code class="filename">smbpasswd</code> user database. If you require
504support for authenticating against a remote SMB server, or if you are
505concerned about the presence of SUID root binaries on your system, it is
506recommended that you use <code class="filename">pam_winbind</code> instead.
507</p><p>
508Options recognized by this module are shown in <a class="link" href="pam.html#smbpassoptions" title="Table 28.1. Options recognized by pam_smbpass">next table</a>.
509</p><div class="table"><a name="smbpassoptions"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 28.1. Options recognized by <em class="parameter"><code>pam_smbpass</code></em></b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Options recognized by pam_smbpass" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="left">debug</td><td align="justify">Log more debugging info.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">audit</td><td align="justify">Like debug, but also logs unknown usernames.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">use_first_pass</td><td align="justify">Do not prompt the user for passwords; take them from PAM_ items instead.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">try_first_pass</td><td align="justify">Try to get the password from a previous PAM module; fall back to prompting the user.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">use_authtok</td><td align="justify">Like try_first_pass, but *fail* if the new PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set (intended for stacking password modules only).</td></tr><tr><td align="left">not_set_pass</td><td align="justify">Do not make passwords used by this module available to other modules.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">nodelay</td><td align="justify">dDo not insert ~1-second delays on authentication failure.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">nullok</td><td align="justify">Null passwords are allowed.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">nonull</td><td align="justify">Null passwords are not allowed. Used to override the Samba configuration.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">migrate</td><td align="justify">Only meaningful in an <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">auth</span>&#8221;</span> context; used to update smbpasswd file with a password used for successful authentication.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">smbconf=<em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em></td><td align="justify">Specify an alternate path to the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break">
510</p><p>
511The following are examples of the use of <code class="filename">pam_smbpass.so</code> in the format of the Linux
512<code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/</code> files structure. Those wishing to implement this
513tool on other platforms will need to adapt this appropriately.
514</p><div class="sect3" title="Password Synchronization Configuration"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id430489"></a>Password Synchronization Configuration</h4></div></div></div><p>
515The following is a sample PAM configuration that shows the use of pam_smbpass to make
516sure <code class="filename">private/smbpasswd</code> is kept in sync when <code class="filename">/etc/passwd (/etc/shadow)</code>
517is changed. It is useful when an expired password might be changed by an
518application (such as <code class="literal">ssh</code>).
519</p><p>
520 </p><pre class="programlisting">
521#%PAM-1.0
522# password-sync
523#
524auth requisite pam_nologin.so
525auth required pam_unix.so
526account required pam_unix.so
527password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3
528password requisite pam_unix.so shadow md5 use_authtok try_first_pass
529password required pam_smbpass.so nullok use_authtok try_first_pass
530session required pam_unix.so
531</pre></div><div class="sect3" title="Password Migration Configuration"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id430529"></a>Password Migration Configuration</h4></div></div></div><p>
532The following PAM configuration shows the use of <code class="filename">pam_smbpass</code> to migrate
533from plaintext to encrypted passwords for Samba. Unlike other methods,
534this can be used for users who have never connected to Samba shares:
535password migration takes place when users <code class="literal">ftp</code> in, login using <code class="literal">ssh</code>, pop
536their mail, and so on.
537</p><p>
538 </p><pre class="programlisting">
539#%PAM-1.0
540# password-migration
541#
542auth requisite pam_nologin.so
543# pam_smbpass is called IF pam_unix succeeds.
544auth requisite pam_unix.so
545auth optional pam_smbpass.so migrate
546account required pam_unix.so
547password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3
548password requisite pam_unix.so shadow md5 use_authtok try_first_pass
549password optional pam_smbpass.so nullok use_authtok try_first_pass
550session required pam_unix.so
551</pre></div><div class="sect3" title="Mature Password Configuration"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id430570"></a>Mature Password Configuration</h4></div></div></div><p>
552The following is a sample PAM configuration for a mature <code class="filename">smbpasswd</code> installation.
553<code class="filename">private/smbpasswd</code> is fully populated, and we consider it an error if
554the SMB password does not exist or does not match the UNIX password.
555</p><p>
556</p><pre class="programlisting">
557#%PAM-1.0
558# password-mature
559#
560auth requisite pam_nologin.so
561auth required pam_unix.so
562account required pam_unix.so
563password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3
564password requisite pam_unix.so shadow md5 use_authtok try_first_pass
565password required pam_smbpass.so use_authtok use_first_pass
566session required pam_unix.so
567</pre></div><div class="sect3" title="Kerberos Password Integration Configuration"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id430605"></a>Kerberos Password Integration Configuration</h4></div></div></div><p>
568The following is a sample PAM configuration that shows <em class="parameter"><code>pam_smbpass</code></em> used together with
569<em class="parameter"><code>pam_krb5</code></em>. This could be useful on a Samba PDC that is also a member of
570a Kerberos realm.
571</p><p>
572 </p><pre class="programlisting">
573#%PAM-1.0
574# kdc-pdc
575#
576auth requisite pam_nologin.so
577auth requisite pam_krb5.so
578auth optional pam_smbpass.so migrate
579account required pam_krb5.so
580password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3
581password optional pam_smbpass.so nullok use_authtok try_first_pass
582password required pam_krb5.so use_authtok try_first_pass
583session required pam_krb5.so
584</pre></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="Common Errors"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id430641"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div></div><p>
585PAM can be fickle and sensitive to configuration glitches. Here we look at a few cases from
586the Samba mailing list.
587</p><div class="sect2" title="pam_winbind Problem"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id430651"></a>pam_winbind Problem</h3></div></div></div><p>
588 A user reported, <span class="emphasis"><em>I have the following PAM configuration</em></span>:
589 </p><p>
590</p><pre class="programlisting">
591auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
592auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
593auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so use_first_pass nullok
594auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
595auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
596account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
597account required /lib/security/pam_winbind.so
598password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
599</pre><p>
600</p><p>
601 <span class="emphasis"><em>When I open a new console with [ctrl][alt][F1], I can't log in with my user <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">pitie.</span>&#8221;</span>
602 I have tried with user <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">scienceu\pitie</span>&#8221;</span> also.</em></span>
603 </p><p>
604 The problem may lie with the inclusion of <em class="parameter"><code>pam_stack.so
605 service=system-auth</code></em>. That file often contains a lot of stuff that may
606 duplicate what you are already doing. Try commenting out the <em class="parameter"><code>pam_stack</code></em> lines
607 for <em class="parameter"><code>auth</code></em> and <em class="parameter"><code>account</code></em> and see if things work. If they do, look at
608 <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/system-auth</code> and copy only what you need from it into your
609 <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/login</code> file. Alternatively, if you want all services to use
610 Winbind, you can put the Winbind-specific stuff in <code class="filename">/etc/pam.d/system-auth</code>.
611 </p></div><div class="sect2" title="Winbind Is Not Resolving Users and Groups"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id430740"></a>Winbind Is Not Resolving Users and Groups</h3></div></div></div><p>
612 <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">
613 My <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file is correctly configured. I have specified
614 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#IDMAPUID" target="_top">idmap uid = 12000</a>
615 and <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#IDMAPGID" target="_top">idmap gid = 3000-3500,</a>
616 and <code class="literal">winbind</code> is running. When I do the following it all works fine.
617 </span>&#8221;</span>
618 </p><pre class="screen">
619<code class="prompt">root# </code><strong class="userinput"><code>wbinfo -u</code></strong>
620MIDEARTH\maryo
621MIDEARTH\jackb
622MIDEARTH\ameds
623...
624MIDEARTH\root
625
626<code class="prompt">root# </code><strong class="userinput"><code>wbinfo -g</code></strong>
627MIDEARTH\Domain Users
628MIDEARTH\Domain Admins
629MIDEARTH\Domain Guests
630...
631MIDEARTH\Accounts
632
633<code class="prompt">root# </code><strong class="userinput"><code>getent passwd</code></strong>
634root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
635bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/bash
636...
637maryo:x:15000:15003:Mary Orville:/home/MIDEARTH/maryo:/bin/false
638</pre><p>
639 <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">
640 But this command fails:
641 </span>&#8221;</span>
642</p><pre class="screen">
643<code class="prompt">root# </code><strong class="userinput"><code>chown maryo a_file</code></strong>
644chown: 'maryo': invalid user
645</pre><p>
646 <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">This is driving me nuts! What can be wrong?</span>&#8221;</span>
647 </p><p>
648 Your system is likely running <code class="literal">nscd</code>, the name service
649 caching daemon. Shut it down, do not restart it! You will find your problem resolved.
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