Unix

The Unix authentication module is a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) that authenticates user identifiers known to the Solaris or Linux system (local or NIS) on which OpenSSO Enterprise is installed. This module makes use of an authentication helper daemon called amunixd which opens a socket on a specified port in order to listen for Unix authentication requests. This daemon process is separate from the authentication process. The PAM Service Name attribute defaults to other for Solaris, and password for Linux. For information on the Unix authentication module attributes, see Unix in Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Reference. For instructions on setting up and running amunixd, see Running the Unix Authentication Helper (amunixd Daemon) in Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Installation and Configuration Guide.