ecryptfs and PAM module on slack64-14.1

Youmu · 09-27-2015, 02:32 PM

Hi there! I have a question.

Recently I've set up a home folder encrypting environment using ecryptfs-utils from there https://github.com/conraid/SlackBuil...ecryptfs-utils
Everything is working, I can manually mount my folders. But slackware lacks PAM module to mount homedir on startup.
So the question is: how can I implement the missing functionality?

Thanks in advance.

Emphyrio · 09-27-2015, 03:11 PM

I was wondering the same thing...

WoefulNarvik · 09-28-2015, 07:40 AM

ivandi has done some work with PAM and Slackware. If you do a search you should find it. Hopefully it will get you going on the right direction.

Emphyrio · 09-28-2015, 10:23 AM

if it can be done w/o pam that's also ok? (i.e. automatically mount on login and unmount on logout)

bassmadrigal · 09-28-2015, 12:07 PM

Slackware does not have PAM support included, and it currently shows no signs of being added (although, there could be a lot of work going on with it behind the scenes).

As WoefulNarvik mentioned, forum member ivandi has done a great deal of work getting PAM worked into Slackware, however, it might only be working for Slackware-current, and I don't think he has packages available (which means you'd need to use his slackbuild scripts to build it yourself). His site is blocked at my work, so you'd have to find out for yourself.

The thread discussing it is here, and the site hosting the slackbuilds is here or here.

Good luck

Youmu · 09-28-2015, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassmadrigal

Slackware does not have PAM support included, and it currently shows no signs of being added (although, there could be a lot of work going on with it behind the scenes).

As WoefulNarvik mentioned, forum member ivandi has done a great deal of work getting PAM worked into Slackware, however, it might only be working for Slackware-current, and I don't think he has packages available (which means you'd need to use his slackbuild scripts to build it yourself). His site is blocked at my work, so you'd have to find out for yourself.

The thread discussing it is [url=http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/pam-kerberos-and-ads-for-slackware-current-call-for-testing-4175517619/]here]/url], and the site hosting the slackbuilds is here or here.

Good luck

As I can see getting all this working will take _very_ long time.

Some questions:
1. As I can see there are several directories like samba, bind, audit and etc. Are all this stuff really needed to just log in with PAM? Or I can just install Linux-PAM package?
>>His site is blocked at my work, so you'd have to find out for yourself.
2. Why not using proxy? Here is a proxified page of Linux-PAM package:
http://010101.pro-4u.com/browse.php?...FNLw%3D%3D&b=5

Thanks!

bassmadrigal · 09-28-2015, 01:33 PM

1. I've never had a need to dive into this, so I don't know. You might ask in the thread I linked to (I realize now I botched the link, but here is the link again, and I've fixed the other postas well).

2. Believe me, I've tried just about everything to get around my workplace restrictions. The proxy site you provided is no exception. Sometimes I can use Google or archive.org's cache feature, but even then, sometimes they are still blocked (as it was with his page). I was too lazy to dig into it on my phone.

ivandi · 09-28-2015, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Youmu

As I can see getting all this working will take _very_ long time.

Some questions:
1. As I can see there are several directories like samba, bind, audit and etc. Are all this stuff really needed to just log in with PAM? Or I can just install Linux-PAM package?

For minimal support you need only Linux-PAM and recompiled shadow. Then you can follow the ArchWiki to setup auto mounting.

If your system starts in runlevel 4 you will need a PAM enabled display manager. Take a look at lightdm.

No need to use the build system. Download build_functions.sh. Set BUILD_FUNCTIONS in your environment to point to it.

Cheers