I created a set of packages that add PAM support to Slackware 10.0 . In this first release only login, su, passwd, useradd, and proftpd use PAM, and it's configured to use your existing unix password mechanism.

Future releases will include more PAM-aware applications, will work on more recent versions of Slackware, and will have other configuration choices (e.g. authenticate to a Windows NT domain controller or ActiveDirectory server).

Looking for people to try it out. Let me know what you think, or if you run into any problems.

http://www.leapingmind.com/projects.html

First of all I think you should a) publish your build-script(s)
and b) split the package into the modified 4 modules you're using.

Also, Slack 10 has quite clearly come of age, 10.2 has been out
for ages, and 11 is on the horizon (looking at the big steps in
the changelogs for current).

I've only just PAMified my slack-box last week ;}


Cheers,
Tink

is slack 11 mooted to include pam support? It would be useful...

No, no mention of that in the logs... but it's not THAT hard to do,
just to begin with. All it takes is to grab the Linux-PAM from
kernel.org, compile and install it (--exec-prefix=/usr) and compile
both util-linux and shadow against it (use Pat's build-scripts and
modify them accordingly).

Do the same for all other apps you need to be PAM aware. If there's
enough interest I can put a "How-to" in the Linux-answers section ;}


Cheers,
Tink

that would be cool! i'm sure lots of users would find that useful.

sigh, i feel like leaving slackware these days. No PAM? I really don't have the time to compile a load of stuff. nor should i have to for something that one would expect in any modern linux/unix.

not your fault tho. not getting at you. just really dissapointed with 10.2 and things getting worse. IMHO. maybe i am just expecting the wrong things. i understand the slack philosophy, but there is a limit. used to love my slack :-(

What do you mean by this? Right now I'm delivering 9 individual packages: Linux-PAM, gnutls, libgcrypt, libgpg-error, libprelude, pam-config-unix, proftpd, shadow, and util-linux.

Yeah, but I had a Slackware 10.0 box just sitting here ready to go. ;-) I have a gazillion things I want to do with this that are more important than upgrading Slackware. I'll get to it eventually, probably about the time that Patrick has a change of heart about PAM and decides to include it in Slackware.

Really? What apps did you PAMify? Have you set up other authentication modules? Did you put these together as slack packages so they're easy to install?

PAM in SLACKWARE!!!!

BLASPHEMY!!! It shall rain frogs and blood from the sky, sticks that are just lying around on the ground will be turning into snakes at will. Dogs and Cats living together, MASS HYSTERIA!

FYI, Dropline GNOME already has PAM installed and have a VERY easy build system where you can "PAMify" pert near any app you want.

Later,
MMYoung

Doesn't say that on the site, neither does the link to a single download-package
suggest that it contains other tarballs. I didn't download it to check it since I
don't have any machines running on 10 any more.


So far only PostgreSQL, and the shadow and util-linux packages.
Am looking at using it with LDAP for centralised authentication.

Nope - no need atm.

But of course. Is that a trick question?
;}


Cheers,
Tink

Heh - let's hope Pat doesn't visit much ;}

Well, yeah. But I'd rather have haemorrhoids and zits than
Gnome on my machines... :}


Cheers,
Tink

All good points. I've added some wording about what to expect, how to install it, and a link to the source including my build scripts.

Thanks for the input.

To each his own I reckon.

Later,
MMYoung

Actually, I think I'd rather have Gnome on my machine than running in it....

My two cents....

Just a thought (I have no experience with touching PAM or LDAP), but from the alt.os.linux.slackware FAQ, couldn't you use nss_ldap to authenticate instead of trying to add PAM into Slackware?

Dropline's PAM components may be used without GNOME itself.

Please see the following thread for more info:
http://dropline-gnome.sourceforge.ne...ic.php?p=28934

Package links are provided. Build scripts are included in the packages, but you may also find them here:

https://sourceforge.net/project/show...ease_id=377327

Along with instructions on how to use our custom build engine:
http://dlgwiki.dot42.org/index.php/Build_Engine

There are some features that we do not provide by default though (pam_ldap, for instance), for security reasons and to keep things relatively simple.

I totaly agree

I would be very interested in this.

I'm trying to build a Slax (live-cd based on Slackware-current) OpenLDAP/PAM authentication gateway.
My goal is have a system (Slax-Server) where I can create some user account that can be used in all the clients that the user decides to login in.

ATM I just sync the server's /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group and /etc/gshadow files with the clients'
This kinda sucks, but it's a start.

I'm a complete noob in linux, but willing to learn

I just found out that Slackware does not support PAM... Why not? Is there a better way to do this?