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New XML Chapter 4

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     1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
     2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
     3   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
     4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
     5  %general-entities;
     6
     7
     8  <!ENTITY Linux_PAM-download-http "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/pre/library/Linux-PAM-&Linux_PAM-version;.tar.bz2">
     9  <!ENTITY Linux_PAM-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/pre/library/Linux-PAM-&Linux_PAM-version;.tar.bz2">
     10  <!ENTITY Linux_PAM-size      "332 KB">
     11  <!ENTITY Linux_PAM-buildsize "4.1 MB">
     12  <!ENTITY Linux_PAM-time      "0.07 SBU">
     13]>
     14
    115<sect1 id="Linux_PAM" xreflabel="Linux-PAM-&Linux_PAM-version;">
    216<?dbhtml filename="linux_pam.html"?>
    317<title>Linux-PAM-&Linux_PAM-version;</title>
    418
    5 &Linux_PAM-intro;
    6 &Linux_PAM-inst;
    7 &Linux_PAM-exp;
    8 &Linux_PAM-config;
    9 &Linux_PAM-desc;
     19<sect2>
     20<title>Introduction to <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
     21</title>
     22
     23<para>The <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> package
     24contains Pluggable Authentication Modules. This is useful to enable the local
     25system administrator to choose how applications authenticate users.</para>
     26
     27<sect3><title>Package information</title>
     28<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
     29<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
     30url="&Linux_PAM-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
     31<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
     32url="&Linux_PAM-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
     33<listitem><para>Download size: &Linux_PAM-size;</para></listitem>
     34<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
     35&Linux_PAM-buildsize;</para></listitem>
     36<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
     37&Linux_PAM-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
     38</sect3>
     39
     40<sect3><title>Additional download</title>
     41<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
     42<listitem><para>Required patch:
     43<ulink url="&patch-root;/Linux-PAM-0.77-linkage-3.patch"/></para></listitem></itemizedlist>
     44</sect3>
     45
     46<sect3><title><application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
     47<sect4><title>Optional</title>
     48<para><xref linkend="cracklib"/></para></sect4>
     49</sect3>
     50
     51</sect2>
     52
     53<sect2>
     54<title>Installation of <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
     55</title>
     56
     57<para>Install <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> by
     58running the following commands:</para>
     59
     60<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../Linux-PAM-0.77-linkage-3.patch &amp;&amp;
     61autoconf &amp;&amp;
     62./configure --enable-static-libpam --with-mailspool=/var/mail \
     63    --enable-read-both-confs --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
     64make &amp;&amp;
     65make install &amp;&amp;
     66mv /lib/libpam.a /lib/libpam_misc.a /lib/libpamc.a /usr/lib &amp;&amp;
     67ln -sf ../../lib/libpam.so.&Linux_PAM-version; /usr/lib/libpam.so &amp;&amp;
     68ln -sf ../../lib/libpam_misc.so.&Linux_PAM-version; /usr/lib/libpam_misc.so &amp;&amp;
     69ln -sf ../../lib/libpamc.so.&Linux_PAM-version; /usr/lib/libpamc.so</command></userinput></screen>
     70
     71</sect2>
     72
     73
     74<sect2>
     75<title>Command explanations</title>
     76
     77<para><command>autoconf</command>:  This is necessary as in the patch, we
     78change where <acronym>PAM</acronym> looks for the cracklib libs.  This
     79requires that the configure script be recreated.</para>
     80
     81<para><option>--enable-static-libpam</option>: This switch builds
     82static <acronym>PAM</acronym> libraries as well as the dynamic libraries.</para>
     83
     84<para><parameter>--with-mailspool=/var/mail</parameter>: This switch makes
     85the mailspool directory <acronym>FHS</acronym> compliant.</para>
     86
     87<para><option>--enable-read-both-confs</option>: This switch lets the local
     88administrator choose which configuration file setup to use.</para>
     89
     90<para><command>mv /lib/libpam.a /lib/libpam_misc.a /lib/libpamc.a
     91/usr/lib</command>: This command moves the static libraries to
     92<filename>/usr/lib</filename> to comply with <acronym>FHS</acronym>.</para>
     93
     94</sect2>
     95
     96
     97<sect2>
     98<title>Configuring <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application>
     99</title>
     100
     101<sect3><title>Config files</title>
     102<para><filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> or <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>
     103</para></sect3>
     104
     105<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
     106
     107<para>Configuration information is placed in <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> or
     108<filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename> depending on user preference.  Below are
     109example files of each type:</para>
     110
     111<screen># Begin /etc/pam.d/other
     112
     113auth            required        pam_unix.so     nullok
     114account         required        pam_unix.so
     115session         required        pam_unix.so
     116password        required        pam_unix.so     nullok
     117
     118# End /etc/pam.d/other
     119
     120# Begin /etc/pam.conf
     121
     122other           auth            required        pam_unix.so     nullok
     123other           account         required        pam_unix.so
     124other           session         required        pam_unix.so
     125other           password        required        pam_unix.so     nullok
     126
     127# End /etc/pam.conf</screen>
     128
     129<para>The <application><acronym>PAM</acronym></application> man page
     130(<command>man pam</command>) provides a good starting point for descriptions
     131of fields and allowable entries.  The
     132<ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam.html">
     133Linux-PAM guide for system administrators</ulink>
     134is recommended for further reading.</para>
     135
     136<para>Refer to <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/modules.html"/>
     137for a list of various modules available.</para>
     138
     139</sect3>
     140
     141</sect2>
     142
     143<sect2>
     144<title>Contents</title>
     145
     146<para>The <application>Linux-<acronym>PAM</acronym></application> package
     147contains <command>unix-chkpwd</command> and <filename
     148class="libraryfile">libpam</filename>
     149libraries.</para>
     150
     151</sect2>
     152
     153<sect2><title>Description</title>
     154
     155<sect3><title>unix-chkpwd</title>
     156<para>No description available.</para></sect3>
     157
     158<sect3><title>libpam libraries</title>
     159<para><filename class="libraryfile">libpam</filename> libraries provide the interfaces between
     160applications and the modules included with <acronym>PAM</acronym>.</para></sect3>
     161
     162</sect2>
     163
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    11165</sect1>
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