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# PAM for Portal
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This is a simple project with the goal of allowing Linux PAM authentication using the Portal API.
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## Installation
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Since working with PAM can lead to problems in authentication, keep a
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shell with root access open while experimenting.
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Install the package libpam-python:
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sudo apt-get install libpam-python
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Copy the provided `pam_custom.py` and `pam_custom.sh` in `/lib/security`:
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sudo cp pam_custom.py pam_custom.sh /lib/security
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Make a backup of the file `/etc/pam.d/common-auth`:
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sudo cp /etc/pam.d/common-auth /etc/pam.d/common-auth.original
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Edit the file `/etc/pam.d/common-auth` introducing a line in which you
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declare your custom authentication method. It should be something like
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this:
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auth [success=2 default=ignore] pam_python.so pam_custom.py /lib/security/pam_custom.sh
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and should be put just before (or after, according to your needs) the
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other authentication methods.
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Some explanations:
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1. "success=2" means that the 2 following lines should be skipped in case of success (edit as needed)
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1. "pam_python.so" is the name of the shared object that will be called by pam
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1. "pam_custom.py" is the script in python that we provide
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1. "/lib/security/pam_custom.sh" is the bash script that is called by the python script (if needed)
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Edit the file `/lib/security/pam_custom.sh` according to your needs. It is a bash script that
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receives username and password as command line arguments, and must exit with 0 if the authentication
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is to be granted, or a non-zero value otherwise.
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