pam_usb login w/ usb stick in ubuntu

HelpMe2877 · 07-09-2010, 02:20 PM

Hello,

what i'm trying to do is set up a ubuntu system that will lock and unlock itself by unplugging and plugging in a pen drive. i found a ubuntu forum that shows you how but i'm getting stuck in the beginning. its a fresh install of 10.04 LTS and i updated it. the instructions that i'm following are from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=17571&page=2 starting on post #18. i then install the modules from apt-get just fine, but get hung up on 'sudo pamusb-conf --add-device DeviceNickname' with the error "No Devices Detected". for DeviceNickname, i've tried TEAM (default name of pen drive), test, /media/TEAM, and /dev/sdb. i've even tried "....-device=test" format for each preceding option as i've seen suggested, but to no avail. am i missing something or doing something wrong?

thanks in advance!

unSpawn · 07-25-2010, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HelpMe2877

i then install the modules from apt-get just fine, but get hung up on 'sudo pamusb-conf --add-device DeviceNickname' with the error "No Devices Detected".

Apparently did not find any devices. When your USB stick is plugged in
- what does 'sudo fdisk -l' show?
- Which device is the stick at?
- Does syslog or 'dmesg' show any errors or clues after you plugged in the stick?
- What does 'sudo pamusb-conf -v -c /etc/pamusb.conf -d Stick' say?
- Or run this to enumerate USB devices:

Code:

#!/bin/bash --
for udi in $(/usr/bin/hal-find-by-capability --capability storage)
do
    device=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key block.device)
    vendor=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key storage.vendor)
    model=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key storage.model)
    if [[ $(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key storage.bus) = "usb" ]]
    then
        parent_udi=$(hal-find-by-property --key block.storage_device --string $udi)
        mount=$(hal-get-property --udi $parent_udi --key volume.mount_point)
        label=$(hal-get-property --udi $parent_udi --key volume.label)
        media_size=$(hal-get-property --udi $udi --key storage.removable.media_size)
        printf "\"$vendor $model\" \"$label\" $device $mount\n"
    fi
done | tr -s " "; exit 0

(BTW also note old http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgre...e=pamusb-tools which seems to be pointing to HAL.)