source: postlfs/security/linux_pam.xml@ d140e26

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  <!ENTITY Linux_PAM-size      "332 KB">
  <!ENTITY Linux_PAM-buildsize "4.1 MB">
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<sect1 id="Linux_PAM" xreflabel="Linux-PAM-&Linux_PAM-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="linux_pam.html"?>
<title>Linux-PAM-&Linux_PAM-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
</title>

<para>The <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> package 
contains Pluggable Authentication Modules. This is useful to enable the local 
system administrator to choose how applications authenticate users.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&Linux_PAM-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&Linux_PAM-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &Linux_PAM-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&Linux_PAM-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&Linux_PAM-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional download</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required patch:
<ulink url="&patch-root;/Linux-PAM-0.77-linkage-3.patch"/></para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="cracklib"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
</title>

<para>Install <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> by 
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../Linux-PAM-0.77-linkage-3.patch &amp;&amp;
autoconf &amp;&amp;
./configure --enable-static-libpam --with-mailspool=/var/mail \
    --enable-read-both-confs --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
mv /lib/libpam.a /lib/libpam_misc.a /lib/libpamc.a /usr/lib &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../../lib/libpam.so.&Linux_PAM-version; /usr/lib/libpam.so &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../../lib/libpam_misc.so.&Linux_PAM-version; /usr/lib/libpam_misc.so &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../../lib/libpamc.so.&Linux_PAM-version; /usr/lib/libpamc.so</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>autoconf</command>:  This is necessary because the patch 
changes where <acronym>PAM</acronym> looks for the cracklib libraries, 
requiring regeneration of the configure script.</para>

<para><option>--enable-static-libpam</option>: This switch builds
static <acronym>PAM</acronym> libraries as well as the dynamic libraries.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-mailspool=/var/mail</parameter>: This switch makes
the mailspool directory <acronym>FHS</acronym> compliant.</para>

<para><option>--enable-read-both-confs</option>: This switch lets the local
administrator choose which configuration file setup to use.</para>

<para><command>mv /lib/libpam.a /lib/libpam_misc.a /lib/libpamc.a
/usr/lib</command>: This command moves the static libraries to
<filename>/usr/lib</filename> to comply with <acronym>FHS</acronym> 
guidelines.</para>

</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
</title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> or <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Configuration information is placed in <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> or
<filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> depending on user preference.  Below are
example files of each type:</para>

<screen># Begin /etc/pam.d/other

auth            required        pam_unix.so     nullok
account         required        pam_unix.so
session         required        pam_unix.so
password        required        pam_unix.so     nullok

# End /etc/pam.d/other

# Begin /etc/pam.conf

other           auth            required        pam_unix.so     nullok
other           account         required        pam_unix.so
other           session         required        pam_unix.so
other           password        required        pam_unix.so     nullok

# End /etc/pam.conf</screen>

<para>The <application><acronym>PAM</acronym></application> man page
(<command>man pam</command>) provides a good starting point for descriptions 
of fields and allowable entries.  The 
<ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam.html">
Linux-PAM guide for system administrators</ulink>
is recommended for further reading.</para>

<para>Refer to <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/modules.html"/>
for a list of various modules available.</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> package 
contains <command>unix-chkpwd</command> and <filename
class="libraryfile">libpam</filename> 
libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>unix-chkpwd</title>
<para><command>unix-chkpwd</command> checks user passwords that are stored 
in read protected databases.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>libpam libraries</title>
<para><filename class="libraryfile">libpam</filename> libraries provide the interfaces between 
applications and the modules included with <acronym>PAM</acronym>.</para></sect3>

</sect2>


</sect1>