RE: auth with pam_ldap on Solaris

[Matthew J. <mje...@ti...>]

Here's how *I* did pam_ldap auth for our district.
http://tiger.nwsc.k12.ar.us/article.php?sid=34

Can't you tell webmin what to use for authentication? Under Webmin
Config/Auth?

YMMV, HTH

Matt Jeppsen
Technology Coordinator
Prairie Grove School District


> I have Webmin installed and working, and I'm trying to get it to 
> authenticate with an ldap server using pam.  I'm using the 
> pam_ldap module 
> from padl.com and running it on Solaris 8.  It isn't working.  I have 
> created a user (bob) in webmin with the same name as an ldap 
> record on the 
> server, and I have set bob's password to "Unix 
> Authentication".  Bob does 
> not exist as local user on the machine.
> 
> I have added the following two lines to pam.conf:
> webmin  auth sufficient /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so.1
> webmin  auth required   /usr/lib/security/$ISA/pam_ldap.so.1 
> try_first_pass
> 
> I'm not sure how to point pam at webmin correctly.
> Is there a way to tell if webmin is using pam to authenticate?