X-Git-Url: http://vcs.maemo.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=source%2Fpam_smbpass%2FREADME;fp=source%2Fpam_smbpass%2FREADME;h=6cdb76f9c3ff52558357ea56c8e82176ca0df9c7;hb=6bca4ca307d55b6dc888e56cee47aebcddbce786;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=7fd70fa738b636089bcc6c961aa3eaa02f20dda2;p=samba diff --git a/source/pam_smbpass/README b/source/pam_smbpass/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6cdb76f --- /dev/null +++ b/source/pam_smbpass/README @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +25 Mar 2001 + +pam_smbpass is a PAM module which can be used on conforming systems to +keep the smbpasswd (Samba password) database in sync with the unix +password file. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an API supported +under some Unices, such as Solaris, HPUX and Linux, that provides a +generic interface to authentication mechanisms. + +For more information on PAM, see http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ + +This module authenticates a local smbpasswd user database. If you require +support for authenticating against a remote SMB server, or if you're +concerned about the presence of suid root binaries on your system, it is +recommended that you use pam_winbind instead. + +Options recognized by this module are as follows: + + debug - log more debugging info + audit - like debug, but also logs unknown usernames + use_first_pass - don't prompt the user for passwords; + take them from PAM_ items instead + try_first_pass - try to get the password from a previous + PAM module, fall back to prompting the user + use_authtok - like try_first_pass, but *fail* if the new + PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set. + (intended for stacking password modules only) + not_set_pass - don't make passwords used by this module + available to other modules. + nodelay - don't insert ~1 second delays on authentication + failure. + nullok - null passwords are allowed. + nonull - null passwords are not allowed. Used to + override the Samba configuration. + migrate - only meaningful in an "auth" context; + used to update smbpasswd file with a + password used for successful authentication. + smbconf= - specify an alternate path to the smb.conf + file. + +See the samples/ directory for example PAM configurations using this +module. + +Thanks go to the following people: + +* Andrew Morgan , for providing the Linux-PAM +framework, without which none of this would have happened + +* Christian Gafton and Andrew Morgan again, for the +pam_pwdb module upon which pam_smbpass was originally based + +* Luke Leighton for being receptive to the idea, +and for the occasional good-natured complaint about the project's status +that keep me working on it :) + +* and of course, all the other members of the Samba team +, for creating a great product +and for giving this project a purpose + +--------------------- +Stephen Langasek