pam_smb FAQ

David Airlie, airlied@samba.org

1. General Info

• 1.1 What is pam_smb?
• 1.2 Where can I get more information on PAM?
• 1.3 Who maintains pam_smb?
• 1.4 Where can I get pam_smb?
• 1.5 Is there a website?
• 1.6 What is pam_ntdom? What does it do?
• 1.7 What is winbind? What does it do?

2. pam_smb version information

• 2.1 What versions exist?
• 2.2 What features is v2 capable off?

3. Requirements for using pam_smb

• 3.1 v2 requirements

4. General Questions

• 4.1 Linux login crashes when I telnet into the box with pam_smb installed?
• 4.2 Right I've decided to patch login.. how and why?
• 4.3 On Solaris 2.6, pam_smb won't work with dtlogin?
• 4.4 Do I need local users?
• 4.5 When pam_smb is loaded it fails a correct authentication?
• 4.6 I work in a large corporation that has multiple NT user domains that trust each other (and in some cases there are also isolated/non-trusted domains). How can I get pam_smb to work in that environment?
• 4.7 What is the recommended location in the pam.conf or equiv for pam_smb?
• 4.8 I understand that pam_smb keeps an authentication cache, need I be concerned that someone will have clear text access or decrypt the password in the cache?
• 4.9 How do I control the length of time to cache an authentication?
• 4.10 How do I control debugging of the module and daemon?
• 4.11 What do the different signals to when sent to the daemon?