NAME
auth-client-config
DESCRIPTION
This program updates nsswitch.conf and pam configuration files to aid in
authentication configuration. If the existing nsswitch.conf and pam
system configuration does not exist in the profiles database,
auth-client-config will comment out the current configuration in such a
way that the changes can be undone by auth-client-config with the
-r option.
USAGE
auth-client-config
-p PROFILE -a -t TYPE [-dn -f FILE]
auth-client-config
-p PROFILE -a -t TYPE -r [-n -f FILE]
auth-client-config
-p PROFILE -a -t TYPE -s [-f FILE]
OPTIONS
--version
show program's version number and exit
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-a, --all-types
apply all types for specified profile
-d, --database-only
update file(s) only if current entries are in database
-f FILE, --file=FILE
update FILE instead of default
-l, --list-profiles
list available profiles
-L, --list-types
list available types
-n, --dry-run
don't modify anything, just show the changes
-p PROFILE, --profile=PROFILE (required)
use PROFILE
-r, --reset
reset file(s) to previous non-auth-client-config values. Will not remove the
current entries unless they match PROFILE
-s, --check-system
determine if system files are set to PROFILE
-S, --show-system
show current system settings as a profile
-t TYPE, --type=TYPE
modify files for TYPE
PROFILES DATABASE
Each time auth-client-config is run, it will check the profiles database
(by default, /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d) for
authentication profiles. Files may be added to the profiles database directory
to support custom authentication configurations. This is useful for a
distribution maintainer to have his/her authentication package put an
authentication profile into the profiles database, and then have his/her package
use auth-client-config to update the system configuration. It also allows
for an administrator to set up a single profile for site-wide network
authentication roll-outs.
The files in the profiles database use the .INI configuration file
standard, and the syntax is:
[example]
nss_passwd=nsswitch.conf entry for 'passwd'
nss_group=nsswitch.conf entry for 'group
nss_shadow=nsswitch.conf entry for 'shadow'
pam_auth=pam entry/entries for 'auth'
pam_account=pam entry/entries for 'account'
pam_password=pam entry/entries for 'password'
pam_session=pam entry/entries for 'session'
If you need to specify multiple entries for a specific type (which is often the
case with PAM), then simply list additional entries on a newline preceded by a
tab. For example, an entry for local configuration might be:
[example_local]
nss_passwd=passwd: files
nss_group=group: files
nss_shadow=shadow: files
pam_auth=auth required pam_unix.so nullok_secure debug
pam_account=account required pam_unix.so debug
pam_password=password required pam_unix.so nullok obscure \ min=4 max=8 md5 debug
pam_session=session required pam_unix.so debug
session optional pam_foreground.so
Notice how in the above, pam_session has two entries (pam_password in this
example should be all on one line, hence the '\').
To use the above entry with auth-client-config, create a file with the
above entries in it and put the file into the profiles database directory (typically
named after the profile or package that added it). Now call
auth-client-config with:
auth-client-config -a -p example_local
EXAMPLES
Set nsswitch.conf and pam to use the 'example_local' profile:
auth-client-config -a -p example_local
Set only nsswitch.conf to use the 'example_local' profile, but only if current nsswitch.conf entries exist in the profiles database:
auth-client-config -t nss -p example_local -d
Restore nsswitch.conf and pam to previous non-auth-client-config files:
auth-client-config -a -p example_local -r
KNOWN ISSUES
If two or more profiles have the same name, only the last one will be used.
Additionally, if a profile in the profiles database has more than one entry
for a particular field (eg, two 'nss_passwd' entries), then then the last one
read will be used.
auth-client-config strips out all carriage returns when run on Unix.
SEE ALSO
nsswitch.conf(5), pam(7)
AUTHOR
auth-client-config is copyright 2007 by Jamie Strandboge
This manual page was originally written by Jamie Strandboge <jamie@strandboge.com>
