Re: PAM Authentication for webmin users

[Scott M. <sco...@ya...>]

Mainly because I do not think you need a webmin user
to be a real user (case in point, the initial admin of
webmin).  Since I would be mainly using it to provide
some capability to helpdesk people, I would rather not
be creating & deleting accounts for helpdesk.  Also, I
do not want these webmin people actual telnet/ftp/etc
access into the server so *really* do not want them in
(reset user password via a web interface, ya I can
trust their skill to do that :)
Given some password expiration rules where I work, the
most beneficial capability would be to have the use
SecurID to log in.

-Scott


--- Daniel Wittenberg <dan...@st...>
wrote:
> I've been doing a bunch of work with PAM lately and
> curious why you
> wouldn't just use the PAM module?  I know people
> tend to like using
> their own stuff better, but it would simpify
> integration?
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 12:03, Scott MacKay wrote:
> > Not how I use it.  I use a special shell 'sdshell'
> > which actually does the challenge (so the user
> needs a
> > login, regular password, then securid challenge),
> but
> > I do know the PAM module exists.
> > I was thinking it would be cool if there was a
> > 'foreign authentication' option allowed, as I can
> > easily write a C app which takes in a username and
> > PIN+ID to validate the user.  If that was
> suppoerted,
> > I don't think I would need actual UNIX accounts...
> > 
> > -Scott
> > 
> > 
> > --- Jamie Cameron <jca...@we...> wrote:
> > > Scott MacKay wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Hiyas,
> > > >    Is there an easy way to implement a SecurID
> > > login
> > > >check for webmin users?
> > > >
> > > Maybe - how does it work if you using PAM and
> > > secureID when
> > > logging in via telnet or at the console?
> Currently
> > > webmin's PAM
> > > authentication mode only supports simple
> > > username/password
> > > interaction.
> > > 
> > >  - Jamie
> > >
> 
> 
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