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author | Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de> | 2005-09-19 09:34:51 +0000 |
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committer | Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@thkukuk.de> | 2005-09-19 09:34:51 +0000 |
commit | 1a2eca1c44efa21a0126e7d72133164e44612db8 (patch) | |
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Remove pam_radius docu
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diff --git a/doc/modules/pam_radius.sgml b/doc/modules/pam_radius.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 2bc4a9cd..00000000 --- a/doc/modules/pam_radius.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,117 +0,0 @@ -<!-- - $Id$ - - This file was written by Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> ---> - -<sect1>The RADIUS session module - -<sect2>Synopsis - -<p> -<descrip> - -<tag><bf>Module Name:</bf></tag> -<tt/pam_radius/ - -<tag><bf>Author:</bf></tag> -Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> - -<tag><bf>Maintainer:</bf></tag> -Author. - -<tag><bf>Management groups provided:</bf></tag> -session - -<tag><bf>Cryptographically sensitive:</bf></tag> -This module does not deal with passwords - -<tag><bf>Security rating:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Clean code base:</bf></tag> -gcc reports 1 warning when compiling <tt>/usr/include/rpc/clnt.h</tt>. -Hey, is not my fault ! - -<tag><bf>System dependencies:</bf></tag> - -<tag><bf>Network aware:</bf></tag> - -yes; this is a network module (independent of application). - -</descrip> - -<sect2>Overview of module - -<p> -This module is intended to provide the session service for users -authenticated with a RADIUS server. At the present stage, the only -option supported is the use of the RADIUS server as an accounting -server. - -<sect2>Session component - -<p> -<descrip> - -<tag><bf>Recognized arguments:</bf></tag> - -<tt/debug/ - verbose logging to <tt/syslog(3)/. - -<tag><bf>Description:</bf></tag> - -This module is intended to provide the session service for users -authenticated with a RADIUS server. At the present stage, the only -option supported is the use of the RADIUS server as an <em/accounting/ -server. - -<p> -(There are few things which needs to be cleared out first in -the PAM project until one will be able to use this module and expect -it to magically start pppd in response to a RADIUS server command to -use PPP for this user, or to initiate a telnet connection to another -host, or to hang and call back the user using parameters provided in -the RADIUS server response. Most of these things are better suited for -the radius login application. I hope to make available Real Soon (tm) -patches for the login apps to make it work this way.) - -<p> -When opening a session, this module sends an ``Accounting-Start'' -message to the RADIUS server, which will log/update/whatever a -database for this user. On close, an ``Accounting-Stop'' message is -sent to the RADIUS server. - -<p> -This module has no other prerequisites for making it work. One can -install a RADIUS server just for fun and use it as a centralized -accounting server and forget about wtmp/last/sac etc. . - -<tag><bf>Examples/suggested usage:</bf></tag> - -For the services that need this module (<em/login/ for example) put -the following line in <tt>/etc/pam.conf</tt> as the last line for that -service (usually after the pam_unix session line): -<tscreen> -<verb> -login session required pam_radius.so -</verb> -</tscreen> -Replace <tt/login/ for each service you are using this module. - -<p> -This module make extensive use of the API provided in libpwdb -0.54preB or later. By default, it will read the radius server -configuration (hostname and secret) from <tt>/etc/raddb/server</tt>. -This is a default compiled into libpwdb, and curently there is no way to -modify this default without recompiling libpwdb. I am working on -extending the radius support from libpwdb to provide a possibility -to make this runtime-configurable. - -Also please note that libpwdb will require also the RADIUS -dictionary to be present (<tt>/etc/raddb/dictionary</tt>). - -</descrip> - -<!-- -End of sgml insert for this module. ---> - |