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pam_ldap(5) pam_ldap(5)

NAME
pam_ldap - LDAP pluggable authentication module

DESCRIPTION
The pam_ldap module is a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which provides for authentication, authorization and pass-
word changing against LDAP servers.

Features of the PADL pam_ldap module include support for transport layer security, SASL authentication, directory server-
enforced password policy, and host- and group- based logon authorization.

The present version of pam_ldap supports AIX 5L, FreeBSD 3.x and above, HP-UX 11i, IRIX 6.x, Linux, Mac OS X 10.2 and
above, and Solaris 2.6 and above. Many vendors provide their own LDAP authentication providers, often also called
pam_ldap. This manual page applies to the PADL pam_ldap module only. If you are using a vendor provided module, consult
the relevant documentation instead.

When authenticating or authorizing a user, pam_ldap first maps the user's login name to a distinguished name by searching
the directory server. This must be possible using the local system's identity, specified in pam_ldap.conf. (Note that
presently only simple authentication is supported for authenticating in this initial step.)

To authenticate a user, pam_ldap attempts to bind to the directory server using the distinguished name of the user
(retrieved previously). Both simple and SASL authentication mechanisms are supported; in the former case, one should take
care to use transport security to prevent the user's password being transmitted in the clear.

A variety of authorization primitives are supported by pam_ldap, discussed in the configuration section below.

Finally, pam_ldap supports a number of password change protocols used by directory servers from various vendors. (Some
directory servers support more than one password change protocol.)

Whilst pam_ldap is generally configured in the system LDAP naming configuration file (pam_ldap.conf), some options can be
configured in the PAM configuration file, to allow for per-service granularity. These options include the path to the
LDAP naming configuration file to use, so in effect all options can be configured on a per-service basis. Options are
listed below under PAM Configuration.

CONFIGURATION
pam_ldap stores its configuration in the pam_ldap.conf file. (It should be noted that some LDAP client libraries, such as
OpenLDAP, also use a configuration file of the same name. pam_ldap supports many of the same configuration file options
as OpenLDAP, but it adds several that are specific to the functionality it provides. It is not guaranteed that pam_ldap
will continue to match the configuration file semantics of OpenLDAP. You may wish to use different files.)

Configuration file options consist of a keyword followed by a space and any arguments. The following options are sup-
ported by both pam_ldap and the PADL nss_ldap module:

host <name:port ...>
Specifies the name(s) or IP address(es) of the LDAP server(s) to connect to. In the case that nss_ldap is used for
host name resolution, each server should be specified as an IP address or name that can be resolved without using
LDAP. Multiple servers may be specified, each separated by a space. The failover time depends on whether the
LDAP client library supports configurable network or connect timeouts (see bind_timelimit below).

base <base>
Specifies the default base distinguished name (DN) to use for searches.

uri <ldap[is]://[name[:port]] ...>
For LDAP client libraries that support it, specifies the URI(s) of the LDAP server(s) to connect to. The URI
scheme may be ldap, ldapi, or ldaps, specifying LDAP over TCP, IPC and SSL respectively. If applicable, a port
number can be specified; the default port number for the selected protocol is used if omitted. This option takes
precedence over the host option; it is not possible to combine the two.

ldap_version <version>
Specifies the version of the LDAP protocol to use. Presently version must be 2 or 3. The default is to use the
maximum version supported by the client library.

binddn <binddn>
Specifies the distinguished name with which to bind to the directory server(s). This option is optional; the
default is to bind anonymously.

bindpw <bindpw>
Specifies the cleartext credentials with which to bind. This option is only applicable when used with binddn
above. The default is no credential (anonymous bind). When binding to the directory using SASL or other authenti-
cation mechanisms apart from simple binds, this option is not used.

rootbinddn <binddn>
This option has the same syntax and effect as the binddn option above, except it applies when the effective user
ID is zero. If not specified, then the identity specified in binddn is used instead. Because the configuration
file may be readable by many users, the root bind DN credentials are stored in the pam_ldap.secret file instead.
This file is usually in the same directory as the configuration file.

port <port>
Specifies the port to connect to; this option is used with the host option, and is ignored with the uri option.

scope <sub|one|base>
Specifies the search scope (subtree, one level or base object). The default scope is subtree; base scope is almost
never useful for nameservice lookups.

deref <never|searching|finding|always>
Specifies the policy for dereferencing aliases. The default policy is to never dereference aliases.

timelimit <timelimit>
Specifies the time limit (in seconds) to use when performing searches. A value of zero (0), which is the default,
is to wait indefinitely for searches to be completed.

bind_timelimit <timelimit>
Specifies the time limit (in seconds) to use when connecting to the directory server. This is distinct from the
time limit specified in timelimit and affects the initial server connection only. (Server connections are other-
wise cached.) Only some LDAP client libraries have the underlying functionality necessary to support this option.
The default bind timelimit is 30 seconds.

referrals <yes|no>
Specifies whether automatic referral chasing should be enabled. The default behaviour is specifed by the LDAP
client library.

restart <yes|no>
Specifies whether the LDAP client library should restart the select(2) system call when interrupted. This feature
is not supported by all client libraries.

logdir <directory>
Specifies the directory used for logging by the LDAP client library. This feature is not supported by all client
libraries.

debug <level>
Specifies the debug level used for logging by the LDAP client library. This feature is not supported by all client
libraries, and does not apply to the nss_ldap and pam_ldap modules themselves (debugging, if any, is configured
separately and usually at compile time).

ssl <on|off|start_tls>
Specifies whether to use SSL/TLS or not (the default is not to). If start_tls is specified then StartTLS is used
rather than raw LDAP over SSL. Not all LDAP client libraries support both SSL and StartTLS, and all related con-
figuration options.

sslpath <cert7_path>
For the Netscape and Mozilla LDAP client libraries only, this specifies the path to the X.509 certificate data-
base.

tls_checkpeer <yes|no>
Specifies whether to require and verify the server certificate or not, when using SSL/TLS with the OpenLDAP client
library. The default is to use the default behaviour of the client library; for OpenLDAP 2.0 and earlier it is
"no", for OpenLDAP 2.1 and later it is "yes". At least one of tls_cacertdir and tls_cacertfile is required if peer
verification is enabled.

tls_cacertdir <certificate_dir>
Specifies the directory containing X.509 certificates for peer authentication.

tls_cacertfile <certificate_file>
Specifies the path to the X.509 certificate for peer authentication.

tls_randfile <entropy_file>
Specifies the path to an entropy source.

tls_ciphers <ciphers>
Specifies the ciphers to use for TLS. See your TLS implementation's documentation for further information.

tls_cert <certificate_file>
Specifies the path to the file containing the local certificate for client TLS authentication.

tls_key <key_file>
Specifies the path to the file containing the private key for client TLS authentication.

The following configuration options apply to pam_ldap only:

pam_login_attribute <attribute>
Specifies the attribute to use when constructing the attribute value assertion for retrieving a directory entry
for a user's login name. The default is "uid", for compatibility with RFC 2307.

pam_filter <filter>
Specifies a filter to use when retrieving user information. The user entry must match the attribute value asser-
tion of (pam_login_attribute=login_name) as well as any filter specified here. There is no default for this
option.

pam_lookup_policy <yes|no>
Specifies whether to search the root DSE for password policy. The default is "no".

pam_check_host_attr <yes|no>
Specifies whether the "host" attribute should be checked for logon authorization ("account" in the PAM stack). The
default is not to. If set to "yes" and a user has no value for the "host" attribute, then the user will be unable
to login.

pam_check_service_attr <yes|no>
Specifies whether the "authorizedService" attribute should be checked for logon authorization ("account" in the
PAM stack). The default is not to. If set to "yes" and a user has no value for the "authorizedService" attribute,
then the user will be unable to login.

pam_groupdn <groupdn>
Specifies the distinguished name of a group to which a user must belong for logon authorization to succeed.
pam_member_attribute <attribute> Specifies the attribute to use when testing a user's membership of a group speci-
fied in the pam_groupdn option.

pam_nsrole <role>
Specifies a value which the user's entry's "nsRole" attribute must match for logon authorization to succeed.

pam_min_uid <uid>
If specified, a user must have a POSIX user ID of at least uid in order for logon authorization to succeed.

pam_max_uid <uid>
If specified, a user must have a POSIX user ID of no greater than uid in order for logon authorization to succeed.

pam_template_login_attribute <attribute>
When using template users (not supported by all PAM applications), specifies the attribute containing the user's
actual login name. The pam_ldap module will set PAM_USER to the value of this attribute if present in the user's
entry, otherwise it defaults to the user specified in the pam_template_login option.

pam_template_login <user>
When using template users (not supported by all PAM applications), pam_ldap will set PAM_USER to the value of this
option if the user does not contain a template login attribute.

pam_password <protocol>
Specifies the password change protocol to use. The following protocols are supported:

clear Change password using an LDAPModify request, replacing the userPassword value with the new cleartext pass-
word.

clear_remove_old
Change password using an LDAPModify request, first removing the userPassword value containing the old
cleartext password, and then adding the userPassword value with the new cleartext password. This protocol
is necessary for use with Novell NDS and IBM RACF.

crypt Change password using an LDAPModify request, first generating a one way hash of the new password using
crypt(3) and then replacing userPassword value with the new hashed password.

md5 Change password using an LDAPModify request, first generating a one way hash of the new password using MD5
and then replacing userPassword value with the new hashed password.

nds This is an alias for clear_remove_old.

racf This is an alias for clear_remove_old.

ad Change password using an LDAPModify request, using the Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) password
change protocol.

exop Change password using the RFC 3062 password modify extended operation (only the new password is sent).

exop_send_old
Change password using the RFC 3062 password modify extended operation (both the old and new passwords are
sent).

pam_password_prohibit_message <message>
Specifies a message to send to users indicating that passwords cannot be changed. This could be used to redirect
users to another means of changing passwords.

pam_sasl_mech <mechanism>
Specifies the SASL mechanism to use for PAM authentication. This requires SASL libraries be installed. Support for
this functionality presently experimental and does not support password policy controls.

PAM CONFIGURATION
It is possible to configure some aspects of pam_ldap on a per-service basis, in the PAM configuration file (this is usu-
ally /etc/pam.conf; for PAM implementations based on Linux-PAM, per-service files in /etc/pam.d are also supported).

The following options may be specified as arguments to the pam_ldap module:

config=<path>
Specifies that pam_ldap should use the configuration file in path instead of pam_ldap.conf to retrieve its global
configuration. Configuring multiple instances of pam_ldap for the same service with different configuration files
is not supported, because the configuration information is cached.

use_first_pass
Specifies that pam_ldap should always use the first password provided in the authentication stack.

try_first_pass
Specifies that pam_ldap should first try the first password provided in the authentication stack, and then prompt
the user for their LDAP password if authentication fails.

ignore_unknown_user
Specifies that pam_ldap should return PAM_IGNORE for users that are not present in LDAP. This forces the PAM
framework to ignore the pam_ldap module. This option is useful where certain accounts do not reside in LDAP, but
one wishes to make pam_ldap "required" for all accounts in the directory. In this case one would make both
pam_ldap and the other module (for example, pam_unix) "required" and enable the ignore_unknown_user option. (For
this to work, the other module must behave similarly for users in the directory; in the case of a module such as
pam_unix that uses the system accounts database, using nss_ldap(5) should be sufficient to meet this requirement.)

ignore_authinfo_unavail
Specifies that pam_ldap should return PAM_IGNORE if it cannot contact the LDAP server. This option forces the PAM
framework to ignore the pam_ldap module in this case.

no_warn
Specifies that warning messages should not be propagated to the PAM application.

use_authtok
Analogous to use_first_pass for password changing only.

debug This option is recognized by pam_ldap but is presently ignored.

AUTHOR
The pam_ldap module was developed by PADL Software Pty Ltd (www.padl.com).

FILES
/etc/pam_ldap.conf, /etc/pam_ldap.secret, /etc/pam.conf