7. Authentication

The RedHat manual Section 13.7 tells how to add LDAP authentication to the PAM authentication on a RedHat 9 box. I followed this, then tweaked the LDAP configuration, which is to be found in /etc/ldap.conf (below) and then actually created a sample LDAP-authenticated account or two on the GBTC machines (with bollox in the password fields in /etc/shadow). All is well.

/etc/ldap.conf:

# @(#)$Id: ldap.conf,v 1.24 2001/09/20 14:12:26 lukeh Exp $
#
# This is the configuration file for the LDAP nameservice
# switch library and the LDAP PAM module.
#
# PADL Software
# http://www.padl.com
#

# Your LDAP server. Must be resolvable without using LDAP.
host padl.umist.ac.uk

# The distinguished name of the search base.
base o=umist


# Another way to specify your LDAP server is to provide an
# uri with the server name. This allows to use
# Unix Domain Sockets to connect to a local LDAP Server.
#uri ldap://127.0.0.1/
#uri ldaps://127.0.0.1/   
#uri ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fldapi_sock/
# Note: %2f encodes the '/' used as directory separator

# The LDAP version to use (defaults to 3
# if supported by client library)
#ldap_version 3

# The distinguished name to bind to the server with.
# Optional: default is to bind anonymously.
#binddn cn=proxyuser,dc=example,dc=com
bindn cn=cosmos,ou=services,o=umist

# The credentials to bind with. 
# Optional: default is no credential.
bindpw secret                              ###
                                           ### ...change as appropriate...
                                           ###

# The distinguished name to bind to the server with
# if the effective user ID is root. Password is
# stored in /etc/ldap.secret (mode 600)
#rootbinddn cn=manager,dc=example,dc=com

# The port.
# Optional: default is 389.
#port 389

# The search scope.
scope sub
#scope one
#scope base

# Search timelimit
#timelimit 30

# Bind timelimit
#bind_timelimit 30

# Idle timelimit; client will close connections
# (nss_ldap only) if the server has not been contacted
# for the number of seconds specified below.
#idle_timelimit 3600

# Filter to AND with uid=%s
#pam_filter objectclass=account
pam_filter objectclass=posixAccount

# The user ID attribute (defaults to uid)
#pam_login_attribute uid
pam_login_attribute uid                         

# Search the root DSE for the password policy (works
# with Netscape Directory Server)
#pam_lookup_policy yes

# Check the 'host' attribute for access control
# Default is no; if set to yes, and user has no
# value for the host attribute, and pam_ldap is
# configured for account management (authorization)
# then the user will not be allowed to login.
#pam_check_host_attr yes

# Group to enforce membership of
#pam_groupdn cn=PAM,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com

# Group member attribute
#pam_member_attribute uniquemember

# Specify a minium or maximum UID number allowed
#pam_min_uid 0
#pam_max_uid 0

# Template login attribute, default template user
# (can be overriden by value of former attribute
# in user's entry)
#pam_login_attribute userPrincipalName
#pam_template_login_attribute uid
#pam_template_login nobody

# HEADS UP: the pam_crypt, pam_nds_passwd,
# and pam_ad_passwd options are no
# longer supported.

# Do not hash the password at all; presume
# the directory server will do it, if
# necessary. This is the default.
#pam_password clear

# Hash password locally; required for University of
# Michigan LDAP server, and works with Netscape
# Directory Server if you're using the UNIX-Crypt
# hash mechanism and not using the NT Synchronization
# service. 
#pam_password crypt

# Remove old password first, then update in
# cleartext. Necessary for use with Novell
# Directory Services (NDS)
pam_password nds

# Update Active Directory password, by
# creating Unicode password and updating
# unicodePwd attribute.
#pam_password ad

# Use the OpenLDAP password change
# extended operation to update the password.
#pam_password exop

# RFC2307bis naming contexts
# Syntax:
# nss_base_XXX		base?scope?filter
# where scope is {base,one,sub}
# and filter is a filter to be &'d with the
# default filter.
# You can omit the suffix eg:
# nss_base_passwd	ou=People,
# to append the default base DN but this
# may incur a small performance impact.
#nss_base_passwd	ou=People,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_shadow	ou=People,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_group		ou=Group,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_hosts		ou=Hosts,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_services	ou=Services,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_networks	ou=Networks,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_protocols	ou=Protocols,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_rpc		ou=Rpc,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_ethers	ou=Ethers,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_netmasks	ou=Networks,dc=example,dc=com?ne
#nss_base_bootparams	ou=Ethers,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_aliases	ou=Aliases,dc=example,dc=com?one
#nss_base_netgroup	ou=Netgroup,dc=example,dc=com?one

# attribute/objectclass mapping
# Syntax:
#nss_map_attribute	rfc2307attribute	mapped_attribute
#nss_map_objectclass	rfc2307objectclass	mapped_objectclass

# configure --enable-nds is no longer supported.
# For NDS now do:
#nss_map_attribute uniqueMember member

# configure --enable-mssfu-schema is no longer supported.
# For MSSFU now do:
#nss_map_objectclass posixAccount User
#nss_map_attribute uid msSFUName
#nss_map_attribute uniqueMember posixMember
#nss_map_attribute userPassword msSFUPassword
#nss_map_attribute homeDirectory msSFUHomeDirectory
#nss_map_objectclass posixGroup Group
#pam_login_attribute msSFUName
#pam_filter objectclass=User
#pam_password ad

# configure --enable-authpassword is no longer supported
# For authPassword support, now do:
#nss_map_attribute userPassword authPassword
#pam_password nds

# For IBM SecureWay support, do:
#nss_map_objectclass posixAccount aixAccount
#nss_map_attribute uid userName
#nss_map_attribute gidNumber gid
#nss_map_attribute uidNumber uid
#nss_map_attribute userPassword passwordChar
#nss_map_objectclass posixGroup aixAccessGroup
#nss_map_attribute cn groupName
#nss_map_attribute uniqueMember member
#pam_login_attribute userName
#pam_filter objectclass=aixAccount
#pam_password clear

# Netscape SDK LDAPS
#ssl on

# Netscape SDK SSL options
#sslpath /etc/ssl/certs/cert7.db

# OpenLDAP SSL mechanism
# start_tls mechanism uses the normal LDAP port, LDAPS typically 636
#ssl start_tls
#ssl on

# OpenLDAP SSL options
# Require and verify server certificate (yes/no)
# Default is "no"
#tls_checkpeer yes

# CA certificates for server certificate verification
# At least one of these are required if tls_checkpeer is "yes"
#tls_cacertfile /etc/ssl/ca.cert
#tls_cacertdir /etc/ssl/certs

# SSL cipher suite
# See man ciphers for syntax
#tls_ciphers TLSv1

# Client certificate and key
# Use these, if your server requires client authentication.
#tls_cert
#tls_key
ssl no