MJD Shop Account wrote:
I would like to use the pam_passthru plugin to use kerberos
authentication via pam_krb5, but am running into a few issues. I need
to specify an attribute to use, as I have multiple realms--my uid is
just a login name, for the kerberos to work I need <uid>@<realm>. I
wasn't sure what to use for the attribute, and was thinking of
hijacking the 'description' attribute for this purpose. However
another posting to this list gave me the idea of just extending the
schema with an additional attribute in 99user.ldif. I would likely
want to copy the definition for 'uid' from, say class posixaccount,
but rename it to krb5uid or something. Can anyone point me to
detailed instructions? Is this trivial or difficult? I looked at the
current schema files and was not sure what I wold need to copy to make
it work, and how to add the new attribute explicitly to the class
schema as an optional attribute.
It's not that difficult to create your own
attribute. The hardest thing
is creating your own OID. If you just try to copy the definition of uid
without creating a unique OID, you will get lots of errors.
Once you do that, you can just add your new attribute using ldapmodify.
Not only will this add your new attribute type to 99user.ldif, but it
will also ensure that it will be replicated.
You should then create your own AUXILIARY objectclass that has your new
attribute type as an allowed attribute, and add this objectclass to all
users that you want to add the attribute to. Also add your objectclass
definition using ldapmodify to ensure it is replicated properly.
What are the consequences of adding such an attribute when replication
is occurring? I assume I must extend the schema on each server, what
happens if I neglect to extend the schema on one server and it
receives replica info that has this new attribute populated for some
users?
Schema replication happens before data replication.
I would also entertain the idea of having an attribute with just the
realm (or a proxy for the realm), and constructing the krbuid
equivalent via some operational attribute that constructs it via uid +
"@" + realm on the fly, if this is possible. I might even be able to
do this using existing location attribute or another existing
attribute, I can easily determine the correct realm from
corresponding location-specific info associated with each user. But,
I don't know how to do this in practice.
This is not really possible. I
suppose the right way to do this would
be to extend the SASL mapping code to be used by pam passthrough.
Also, if anyone has an example pam ldapserver file they could share, I
would appreciate it.
-Marty
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