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Pluggable Authentication Modules

Pluggable Authentication Modules Author: Kenneth Geisshirt Publisher: Packt Published: 2007 Pages: 108

Pluggable Authentication Modules

Pluggable Authentication Modules Chapters

Pluggable Authentication Modules Chapters

1. Introduction to PAM
   • History of PAM
   • PAM Solves the Authentication Problem
   • Need for PAM
   • Installing Linux-PAM
     • Downloading
     • Compiling
     • Extra Modules
   • PAM Implementations
   • Summary
2. Theory of Operation
   • PAM File System Layout
   • The PAM Framework
   • Online Documentation
   • Services
   • Management Groups
     • The Auth Group
     • The Account Group
     • The Session Group
     • The Password Group
   • Stacking
   • Control Flags
     • Requisite
     • Required
     • Sufficient
     • Optional
     • Order matters
   • Consolidating Your Environment
   • Securing Your Environment
     • An Exercise
   • Summary
3. Testing and Debugging
   • Where to Test?
   • Leaving a Back Door Open
   • Test Cases
   • Getting Backstage
     • Enabling Logging
     • Reading the Log
   • The pamtester Utility
   • Automating PAM Tests
   • Bad Example
   • Summary
4. Common Modules
   • Parameters
     • debug
     • use_first_pass
     • try_first_pass
     • expose_account
   • Modules Related to User Environments
     • pam_mkhomedir
     • pam_mount
   • Modules Used to Restrict Access
     • pam_succeed_if
     • pam_nologin
     • pam_wheel
     • pam_access
     • pam_deny
   • Modules Related to Back-End Storage
     • pam_unix
     • pam_winbind
     • pam_ldap
     • pam_mysql
   • Summary
5. Recipes
   • Encrypted Home Directories
   • Working with Secure Shell
   • Apache htaccess Made Smart
   • Directory Services
     • Winbind
     • LDAP
   • Limiting r-Services
   • Limiting Resources
   • Summary
6. Developing with PAM
   • PAM-aware Applications
     • Openning and Closing a PAM Session
     • Authenticating the User
     • Account Health Check
     • Mainpulating the PAM Handling Data Structure
     • Conversation Functions
     • Working with Error Messages
   • Developing your Own PAM Modules
     • The Management Groups
     • Return Codes
     • Supporting Functions
     • Compiling
   • Summary

Pluggable Authentication Modules Appendices

1. Source Code
   • Vault - Secure Database
   • The ssh_tunnels Module
2. Index