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 one of the other two following modules
16 pam_smb - http://www.csn.ul.ie/~airlied/pam_smb/
17 authenticates against any remote SMB server
19 pam_ntdom - ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/samba/pam_ntdom/
20 authenticates against an NT or Samba domain controller
22 Options recognized by this module are as follows:
24 debug - log more debugging info
25 audit - like debug, but also logs unknown usernames
26 use_first_pass - don't prompt the user for passwords;
27 take them from PAM_ items instead
28 try_first_pass - try to get the password from a previous
29 PAM module, fall back to prompting the user
30 use_authtok - like try_first_pass, but *fail* if the new
31 PAM_AUTHTOK has not been previously set.
32 (intended for stacking password modules only)
33 not_set_pass - don't make passwords used by this module
34 available to other modules.
35 nodelay - don't insert ~1 second delays on authentication
37 nullok - null passwords are allowed.
38 nonull - null passwords are not allowed. Used to
39 override the Samba configuration.
40 migrate - only meaningful in an "auth" context;
41 used to update smbpasswd file with a
42 password used for successful authentication.
43 smbconf=<file> - specify an alternate path to the smb.conf
46 See the samples/ directory for example PAM configurations using this
49 Thanks go to the following people:
51 * Andrew Morgan <morgan@transmeta.com>, for providing the Linux-PAM
52 framework, without which none of this would have happened
54 * Christian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> and Andrew Morgan again, for the
55 pam_pwdb module upon which pam_smbpass was originally based
57 * Luke Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net> for being receptive to the idea,
58 and for the occasional good-natured complaint about the project's status
59 that keep me working on it :)
61 * and of course, all the other members of the Samba team
62 <http://www.samba.org/samba/team.html>, for creating a great product
63 and for giving this project a purpose
66 Stephen Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net>