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Questions tagged [pam]

Pluggable authentication modules, a flexible framework for configuring authentication, most commonly the login component of Linux systems, but used in other components and operating systems.

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Can you use LDAP and PAM to implement a restricted shell?

Can you use LDAP and PAM to implement a restricted shell and control those users via groups on the LDAP DC? I would like to do this for several Red Hat, Solaris and Ubuntu servers? Thanks!
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PAM Errors in auth.log [Debian Squeeze]

Based on the the Securing Debian article on debian.org, I added the following to /etc/pam.d/other. auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_unix_auth.so auth required pam_warn.so auth required …
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What is the package name to install pam-pwdfile via yum on Red Hat?

I am installing vsftpd and want to create virtual users. I want to have a file and add users to it via htpasswd and use it for authentication.
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pam_radius_auth.so - Setting up Radius on RHEL 5.6

I am currently dissecting a single-sign-on RPM. Contained within the RPM there is the module pam_radius_auth.so. Based on the documentation here: http://freeradius.org/pam_radius_auth/ and here: http://freeradius.org/pam_radius_auth/INSTALL, the…
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PAM module for authentication by IP or other password-disabling module

I'm looking for a Linux pam module that accepts any password for connections from a specific IP. I don't want to disable passwords completely. I need it for migration from one imap server to another (cyrus to zimbra) without knowing every password.…
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Blocking failed logins using PAM

I heard Centos can block user based on failed logins. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/lock-unlock-set-number-of-login-attempts.html The post says by default it checks for /var/log/faillog how do I change this to another log file to keep trace of…
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login faild when autorize dovecot from pam

I installed dovecot 2.0.13 with postfix in ubuntu server 11.10 , after installation I can send e-mail with the mail command and dovecot works when I test it with telnet I then installed roundcube on it , and the installation passed all tests. I want…
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LDAP auth in Ubuntu PAM?

I have a 64-bit Ubuntu 11.04 server I'm setting up, and I would like to configure it to use LDAP for authentication. The LDAP server happens to be an ActiveDirectory server, but I'm not trying to bind the machine to the domain. I'm Googled and found…
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Apache Kerberos Authentication with LDAP Authorization: access to / failed, reason: require directives present and no Authoritative handler

I am trying to get a VirtualHost (well multiple VirutalHosts) up and running with kerberos authentication and group requirements. My latest configuration within the directive looks like this: AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow…
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Installing pam_mount on CentOS 5

I'm working on getting a CentOS 5 system that I've successfully gotten to authenticate with AD, to automount the user home directories from AD. After searching around, I found pam_mount, which seemed to be the perfect solution. (The userbase is…
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Configure interactive keyboard authentication

I have a linux machine running OpenSSH Server 4.3. How can I configure it to use keyboard-interactive authentication - define prompts and responses and so on. Please be specific, as I am pretty new in this. Edit: After some googling it appears that…
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Postfix not connecting to sql database

I have postfix set up to use postfix/proxymap to store configs. I get this error when trying to end email. Nov 9 06:18:33 mail postfix/pickup[16979]: D1A5E18F30: uid=2000 from= Nov 9 06:18:33 mail postfix/cleanup[16981]: D1A5E18F30:…
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Make user home directory at gdm login

I'm trying to make home directory at (RADIUS) user gdm login. The auth is working right, but when I try gdm says that the user hasn't a home directory. I tried to do that with pam_mkhomedir.so but is not working. My /etc/pam.d/gdm file: PAM-1.0 auth…
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Cyrus on CentOS with sasl / pam / ldap

SASL/PAM/LDAP is driving me crazy... that's what I read a lot when googling for problems in this area, and what I experience myself :-S I'm trying to get Cyrus imap working for virtual hosting on CentOS with this authorisation backend and really…
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pam.d errors after OMSA 6.4 upgrade

I have a Dell R710 running CentOS 5.6 x64. I have it set up to pull Dell's software & patches from their own repos. This works as well as I can expect it work. However, I"ve been getting these errors in my system log after the latest OSMA update…
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