NAME¶
basic_pam_auth - Squid PAM Basic authentication helper
SYNOPSIS¶
basic_pam_auth [-n service name
TTL
] [-o] [-1]
DESCRIPTION¶
basic_pam_auth allows Squid to connect to a mostly any available PAM
database to validate the user name and password of Basic HTTP authentication.
OPTIONS¶
- -s service-name
- Specifies the PAM service name Squid uses, defaults to squid
- -t TTL
- Enables persistent PAM connections where the connection to the PAM
database is kept open and reused for new logins. The TTL specifies how
long the connection will be kept open (in seconds). Default is to not keep
PAM connections open. Please note that the use of persistent PAM
connections is slightly outside the PAM specification and may not work
with all PAM configurations.
- -o
- Do not perform the PAM account management group (account expiration
etc)
CONFIGURATION¶
The program needs a PAM service to be configured in
/etc/pam.conf or
/etc/pam.d/squid
The default service name is
squid , and the program makes use of the
auth and
account management groups to verify the password and
the accounts validity.
For details on how to configure PAM services, see the PAM documentation for your
system. This manual does not cover PAM configuration details.
NOTES¶
When used for authenticating to local UNIX shadow password databases the program
must be running as root or else it won't have sufficient permissions to access
the user password database. Such use of this program is not recommended, but
if you absolutely need to then make the program setuid root
chown root basic_pam_auth
chmod u+s basic_pam_auth
Please note that in such configurations it is also strongly recommended that the
program is moved into a directory where normal users cannot access it, as this
mode of operation will allow any local user to brute-force other users
passwords. Also note the program has not been fully audited and the author
cannot be held responsible for any security issues due to such installations.
AUTHOR¶
This program and documentation was written by
Henrik Nordstrom
<hno@squid-cache.org>
COPYRIGHT¶
Squid
basic_pam_auth and this manual is Copyright 1999,2002,2003
Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org> Distributed under the GNU
General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 or later (GPLv2+).
QUESTIONS¶
Questions on the usage of this program can be sent to the
Squid Users mailing
list <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
REPORTING BUGS¶
Bug reports need to be made in English. See
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for details of what you need
to include with your bug report.
Report bugs or bug fixes using
http://bugs.squid-cache.org/
Report serious security bugs to
Squid Bugs
<squid-bugs@squid-cache.org>
Report ideas for new improvements to the
Squid Developers mailing list
<squid-dev@squid-cache.org>
SEE ALSO¶
squid(8),
pam(3),
pam.conf(5),
chown(1),
chmod(1),
GPL(7),
PAM Systems Administrator Guide
The Squid FAQ wiki
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
The Squid Configuration Manual
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/