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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

pam_winbind (8)

Name

pam_winbind - PAM module for Winbind

Synopsis

Edit the PAM system config /etc/pam.d/service and modify it as the
following example shows:

...
auth      required        pam_env.so
auth      sufficient      pam_unix2.so
+++ auth      required        pam_winbind.so  use_first_pass
account   requisite       pam_unix2.so
+++ account   required        pam_winbind.so  use_first_pass
+++ password  sufficient      pam_winbind.so
password  requisite       pam_pwcheck.so  cracklib
password  required        pam_unix2.so    use_authtok
session   required        pam_unix2.so
+++ session   required        pam_winbind.so
...


Make sure that pam_winbind is one of the first modules in the session
part. It may retrieve kerberos tickets which are needed by other
modules.

Description

PAM_WINBIND(8)                         8                        PAM_WINBIND(8)



NAME
       pam_winbind - PAM module for Winbind

DESCRIPTION
       This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

       pam_winbind is a PAM module that can authenticate users against the
       local domain by talking to the Winbind daemon.

SYNOPSIS
       Edit the PAM system config /etc/pam.d/service and modify it as the
       following example shows:

                              ...
                              auth      required        pam_env.so
                              auth      sufficient      pam_unix2.so
                          +++ auth      required        pam_winbind.so  use_first_pass
                              account   requisite       pam_unix2.so
                          +++ account   required        pam_winbind.so  use_first_pass
                          +++ password  sufficient      pam_winbind.so
                              password  requisite       pam_pwcheck.so  cracklib
                              password  required        pam_unix2.so    use_authtok
                              session   required        pam_unix2.so
                          +++ session   required        pam_winbind.so
                              ...


       Make sure that pam_winbind is one of the first modules in the session
       part. It may retrieve kerberos tickets which are needed by other
       modules.

OPTIONS
       pam_winbind supports several options which can either be set in the PAM
       configuration files or in the pam_winbind configuration file situated
       at /etc/security/pam_winbind.conf. Options from the PAM configuration
       file take precedence to those from the configuration file. See
       pam_winbind.conf(5) for further details.

       debug
           Gives debugging output to syslog.

       debug_state
           Gives detailed PAM state debugging output to syslog.

       require_membership_of=[SID or NAME]
           If this option is set, pam_winbind will only succeed if the user is
           a member of the given SID or NAME. A SID can be either a group-SID,
           an alias-SID or even an user-SID. It is also possible to give a
           NAME instead of the SID. That name must have the form:
           MYDOMAIN\mygroup or MYDOMAIN\myuser (where '\' character
           corresponds to the value of winbind separator parameter). It is
           also possible to use a UPN in the form user@REALM or group@REALM.
           pam_winbind will, in that case, lookup the SID internally. Note
           that NAME may not contain any spaces. It is thus recommended to
           only use SIDs. You can verify the list of SIDs a user is a member
           of with wbinfo --user-sids=SID.

           This option must only be specified on a auth module declaration, as
           it only operates in conjunction with password authentication.

       use_first_pass
           By default, pam_winbind tries to get the authentication token from
           a previous module. If no token is available it asks the user for
           the old password. With this option, pam_winbind aborts with an
           error if no authentication token from a previous module is
           available.

       try_first_pass
           Same as the use_first_pass option (previous item), except that if
           the primary password is not valid, PAM will prompt for a password.

       use_authtok
           Set the new password to the one provided by the previously stacked
           password module. If this option is not set pam_winbind will ask the
           user for the new password.

       try_authtok
           Same as the use_authtok option (previous item), except that if the
           new password is not valid, PAM will prompt for a password.

       krb5_auth
           pam_winbind can authenticate using Kerberos when winbindd is
           talking to an Active Directory domain controller. Kerberos
           authentication must be enabled with this parameter. When Kerberos
           authentication can not succeed (e.g. due to clock skew), winbindd
           will fallback to samlogon authentication over MSRPC. When this
           parameter is used in conjunction with winbind refresh tickets,
           winbind will keep your Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) up-to-date by
           refreshing it whenever necessary.

       krb5_ccache_type=[type]
           When pam_winbind is configured to try kerberos authentication by
           enabling the krb5_auth option, it can store the retrieved Ticket
           Granting Ticket (TGT) in a credential cache. The type of credential
           cache can be controlled with this option. The supported values are:
           KCM or KEYRING (when supported by the system's Kerberos library and
           operating system), FILE and DIR (when the DIR type is supported by
           the system's Kerberos library). In case of FILE a credential cache
           in the form of /tmp/krb5cc_UID will be created - in case of DIR you
           NEED to specify a directory. UID is replaced with the numeric user
           id. The UID directory is being created. The path up to the
           directory should already exist. Check the details of the Kerberos
           implmentation.

           When using the KEYRING type, the supported mechanism is
           "KEYRING:persistent:UID", which uses the Linux kernel keyring to
           store credentials on a per-UID basis. The KEYRING has its
           limitations. As it is secure kernel memory, for example bulk sorage
           of credentils is for not possible.

           When using th KCM type, the supported mechanism is "KCM:UID", which
           uses a Kerberos credential manaager to store credentials on a
           per-UID basis similar to KEYRING. This is the recommended choice on
           latest Linux distributions, offering a Kerberos Credential Manager.
           If not we suggest to use KEYRING as those are the most secure and
           predictable method.

           It is also possible to define custom filepaths and use the "%u"
           pattern in order to substitute the numeric user id. Examples:

           krb5_ccache_type = DIR:/run/user/%u/krb5cc
               This will create a credential cache file in the specified
               directory.

           krb5_ccache_type = FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_%u
               This will create a credential cache file.

           Leave empty to just do kerberos authentication without having a
           ticket cache after the logon has succeeded. This setting is empty
           by default.

       cached_login
           Winbind allows one to logon using cached credentials when winbind
           offline logon is enabled. To use this feature from the PAM module
           this option must be set.

       silent
           Do not emit any messages.

       mkhomedir
           Create homedirectory for a user on-the-fly, option is valid in PAM
           session block.

       warn_pwd_expire
           Defines number of days before pam_winbind starts to warn about
           passwords that are going to expire. Defaults to 14 days.

PAM DATA EXPORTS
       This section describes the data exported in the PAM stack which could
       be used in other PAM modules.

       PAM_WINBIND_HOMEDIR
           This is the Windows Home Directory set in the profile tab in the
           user settings on the Active Directory Server. This could be a local
           path or a directory on a share mapped to a drive.

       PAM_WINBIND_LOGONSCRIPT
           The path to the logon script which should be executed if a user
           logs in. This is normally a relative path to the script stored on
           the server.

       PAM_WINBIND_LOGONSERVER
           This exports the Active Directory server we are authenticating
           against. This can be used as a variable later.

       PAM_WINBIND_PROFILEPATH
           This is the profile path set in the profile tab in the user
           settings. Normally the home directory is synced with this directory
           on a share.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | service/network/samba |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile              |
       +---------------+-----------------------+

SEE ALSO
       pam_winbind.conf(5), wbinfo(1), winbindd(8), smb.conf(5)

VERSION
       This man page is part of version 4.13.17 of Samba.

AUTHOR
       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
       Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

       This manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij and Guenther Deschner.



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.13.17.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.samba.org/.



Samba 4.13.17                     06/28/2022                    PAM_WINBIND(8)