3 pam_smbpass is a PAM module which can be used on conforming systems to
4 keep the smbpasswd (Samba password) database in sync with the unix
5 password file. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is an API supported
6 under some Unices, such as Solaris, HPUX and Linux, that provides a
7 generic interface to authentication mechanisms.
9 For more information on PAM, see http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
11 This module authenticates a local smbpasswd user database. If you require
12 support for authenticating against a remote SMB server, or if you're
13 concerned about the presence of suid root binaries on your system, it is
14 recommended that you use pam_winbind instead.
16 Options recognized by this module are as follows:
18 debug - log more debugging info
19 audit - like debug, but also logs unknown usernames
20 use_first_pass - don't prompt the user for passwords;
21 take them from PAM_ items instead
22 try_first_pass - try to get the password from a previous
23 PAM module, fall back to prompting the user
24 use_authtok - like try_first_pass, but *fail* if the new
25 PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set.
26 (intended for stacking password modules only)
27 not_set_pass - don't make passwords used by this module
28 available to other modules.
29 nodelay - don't insert ~1 second delays on authentication
31 nullok - null passwords are allowed.
32 nonull - null passwords are not allowed. Used to
33 override the Samba configuration.
34 migrate - only meaningful in an "auth" context;
35 used to update smbpasswd file with a
36 password used for successful authentication.
37 smbconf=<file> - specify an alternate path to the smb.conf
40 See the samples/ directory for example PAM configurations using this
43 Thanks go to the following people:
45 * Andrew Morgan <morgan@transmeta.com>, for providing the Linux-PAM
46 framework, without which none of this would have happened
48 * Christian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> and Andrew Morgan again, for the
49 pam_pwdb module upon which pam_smbpass was originally based
51 * Luke Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net> for being receptive to the idea,
52 and for the occasional good-natured complaint about the project's status
53 that keep me working on it :)
55 * and of course, all the other members of the Samba team
56 <http://www.samba.org/samba/team.html>, for creating a great product
57 and for giving this project a purpose
60 Stephen Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net>