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37.Dd March 10, 2007
38.Dt PAM_KRB5 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm pam_krb5
42.Nd Kerberos 5 PAM module
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Op Ar service-name
45.Ar module-type
46.Ar control-flag
47.Pa pam_krb5
48.Op Ar arguments
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The Kerberos 5 service module for PAM
51provides functionality for three PAM categories:
52authentication,
53account management,
54and password management.
55It also provides null functions for session management.
56.Ss Kerberos 5 Authentication Module
57The Kerberos 5 authentication component
58provides functions to verify the identity of a user
59.Pq Fn pam_sm_authenticate
60and to set user specific credentials
61.Pq Fn pam_sm_setcred .
62.Fn pam_sm_authenticate
63converts the supplied username into a Kerberos principal,
64by appending the default local realm name.
65It also supports usernames with explicit realm names.
66If a realm name is supplied, then upon a successful return, it
67changes the username by mapping the principal name into a local username
68(calling
69.Fn krb5_aname_to_localname ) .
70This typically just means
71the realm name is stripped.
72.Pp
73It prompts the user for a password and obtains a new Kerberos TGT for
74the principal.
75The TGT is verified by obtaining a service
76ticket for the local host.
77.Pp
78When prompting for the current password, the authentication
79module will use the prompt
80.Dq Li "Password for <principal>:" .
81.Pp
82The
83.Fn pam_sm_setcred
84function stores the newly acquired credentials in a credentials cache,
85and sets the environment variable
86.Ev KRB5CCNAME
87appropriately.
88The credentials cache should be destroyed by the user at logout with
89.Xr kdestroy 1 .
90.Pp
91The following options may be passed to the authentication module:
92.Bl -tag -width ".Cm use_first_pass"
93.It Cm debug
94.Xr syslog 3
95debugging information at
96.Dv LOG_DEBUG
97level.
98.It Cm no_warn
99suppress warning messages to the user.
100These messages include
101reasons why the user's
102authentication attempt was declined.
103.It Cm use_first_pass
104If the authentication module is not the first in the stack,
105and a previous module obtained the user's password, that password is
106used to authenticate the user.
107If this fails, the authentication
108module returns failure without prompting the user for a password.
109This option has no effect if the authentication module is
110the first in the stack, or if no previous modules obtained the
111user's password.
112.It Cm try_first_pass
113This option is similar to the
114.Cm use_first_pass
115option, except that if the previously obtained password fails, the
116user is prompted for another password.
117.It Cm renewable Ns = Ns Ar timeperiod
118Obtain renewable Kerberos credentials for the user.
119The renewable time can be specified, or it defaults to one month.
120Since spaces are not allowed in the pam configuration time, underscores
121are used to form parseable times (e.g., 1_month).
122.It Cm forwardable
123Obtain forwardable Kerberos credentials for the user.
124.It Cm no_ccache
125Do not save the obtained credentials in a credentials cache.
126This is a
127useful option if the authentication module is used for services such
128as ftp or pop, where the user would not be able to destroy them.
129[This
130is not a recommendation to use the module for those services.]
131.It Cm ccache Ns = Ns Ar name
132Use
133.Ar name
134as the credentials cache.
135.Ar name
136must be in the form
137.Ar type : Ns Ar residual .
138The special tokens
139.Ql %u ,
140to designate the decimal UID of the user;
141and
142.Ql %p ,
143to designate the current process ID; can be used in
144.Ar name .
145.El
146.Ss Kerberos 5 Account Management Module
147The Kerberos 5 account management component
148provides a function to perform account management,
149.Fn pam_sm_acct_mgmt .
150The function verifies that the authenticated principal is allowed
151to login to the local user account by calling
152.Fn krb5_kuserok
153(which checks the user's
154.Pa .k5login
155file).
156.Ss Kerberos 5 Password Management Module
157The Kerberos 5 password management component
158provides a function to change passwords
159.Pq Fn pam_sm_chauthtok .
160The username supplied (the
161user running the
162.Xr passwd 1
163command, or the username given as an argument) is mapped into
164a Kerberos principal name, using the same technique as in
165the authentication module.
166Note that if a realm name was
167explicitly supplied during authentication, but not during
168a password change, the mapping
169done by the password management module may not result in the
170same principal as was used for authentication.
171.Pp
172Unlike when
173changing a
174.Ux
175password, the password management module will
176allow any user to change any principal's password (if the user knows
177the principal's old password, of course).
178Also unlike
179.Ux ,
180root
181is always prompted for the principal's old password.
182.Pp
183The password management module uses the same heuristics as
184.Xr kpasswd 1
185to determine how to contact the Kerberos password server.
186.Pp
187The following options may be passed to the password management
188module:
189.Bl -tag -width ".Cm use_first_pass"
190.It Cm debug
191.Xr syslog 3
192debugging information at
193.Dv LOG_DEBUG
194level.
195.It Cm use_first_pass
196If the password management module is not the first in the stack,
197and a previous module obtained the user's old password, that password is
198used to authenticate the user.
199If this fails, the password
200management
201module returns failure without prompting the user for the old password.
202If successful, the new password entered to the previous module is also
203used as the new Kerberos password.
204If the new password fails,
205the password management module returns failure without
206prompting the user for a new password.
207.It Cm try_first_pass
208This option is similar to the
209.Cm use_first_pass
210option, except that if the previously obtained old or new passwords fail,
211the user is prompted for them.
212.El
213.Ss Kerberos 5 Session Management Module
214The Kerberos 5 session management component
215provides functions to initiate
216.Pq Fn pam_sm_open_session
217and terminate
218.Pq Fn pam_sm_close_session
219sessions.
220Since session management is not defined under Kerberos 5,
221both of these functions simply return success.
222They are provided
223only because of the naming conventions for PAM modules.
224.Sh ENVIRONMENT
225.Bl -tag -width "KRB5CCNAME"
226.It Ev KRB5CCNAME
227Location of the credentials cache.
228.El
229.Sh FILES
230.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /tmp/krb5cc_ Ns Ar uid" -compact
231.It Pa /tmp/krb5cc_ Ns Ar uid
232default credentials cache
233.Ar ( uid
234is the decimal UID of the user).
235.It Pa $HOME/.k5login
236file containing Kerberos principals that are allowed access.
237.El
238.Sh SEE ALSO
239.Xr kdestroy 1 ,
240.Xr passwd 1 ,
241.Xr syslog 3 ,
242.Xr pam.conf 5 ,
243.Xr pam 8
244.Sh NOTES
245Applications should not call
246.Fn pam_authenticate
247more than once between calls to
248.Fn pam_start
249and
250.Fn pam_end
251when using the Kerberos 5 PAM module.
252.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
253The
254.Nm
255module implements what is fundamentally a password authentication scheme.
256It does not use a Kerberos 5 exchange between client and server, but rather
257authenticates the password provided by the client against the Kerberos KDC.
258Therefore, care should be taken to only use this module over a secure session
259.Po
260secure TTY, encrypted session, etc.
261.Pc ,
262otherwise the user's Kerberos 5 password could be compromised.
263