Gettring Started

Jason Gerfen jason.gerfen at scl.utah.edu
Thu Sep 23 18:20:10 UTC 2004


Always reply to ALL...

also is the below a typo?

Terry Orgill wrote:

>I may not have a clue about PAM, but it would seem that for the functions I
>need, the files I need to modify in pam.d are login and passwd.  I have no
>need for the functionality in ftp, etc.  What I have currently in login:
>
>auth            required    /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
>auth            required    /lib/security/pam_nologin
>auth            required    /lib/security/pam_tally.so deny=3 reset
>auth            required    /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>  
>
service=system.auth? should be system-auth correct?

>account        required    /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system.auth
>account        required    /lib/security/pam_tally.so deny=3 reset
>password    required    /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>password    required    /lib/security/pam_tally.so deny=3 reset
>session        required    /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>session        required    /lib/security/pam_console.so
>
>I may be out in left field with this.  The one thing is seemed obvious I
>needed was pam_tally.so deny=3 reset.  Everything else was a mixture of
>whatever was already in there and experimentation.  With the above
>configuration I can make 4 attempts before it disconnects the telnet
>session, but then I can go right back in, use the correct password and get
>in.
>
>passwd:
>
>auth            required      /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
>account        required    /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
>password    required    /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so minlen=6 retry=3
>password    required    /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_authtok nullok md5
>shadow
>
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>
the minlen=6 should work like you need, however you are stating that 
after less than a minute or 3 bad attempts you may still login correct?

>This configuration does hold me to a minimum of 6 characters, but I can
>reuse passwords.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jason Gerfen" <jason.gerfen at scl.utah.edu>
>To: "Terry Orgill" <terry at stribus.com>; "Pluggable Authentication Modules"
><pam-list at redhat.com>
>Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:32 AM
>Subject: Re: Gettring Started
>
>
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>>Terry Orgill wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>I am urgently trying to get PAM working for a customer (RH 7.1, PAM
>>>0.77) that is about to undergo a security audit.  I need password
>>>expiration, minimum password length, no reuse of passwords, lockout of
>>>users after three unsuccessful attempts to login, one session only for
>>>users.  I have the one session part working
>>>(/etc/security/limits.conf), but nothing else will.  I am using
>>>pam_cracklib.so, pam_pwdb.so for the password part.  I am using
>>>pam_tally.so for the login part.  It just ignores me.  I did manage to
>>>get a user locked out by substituting pam.conf for pam.d, but then I
>>>could not get the user unlocked.  If I run pam_tally --user<username>
>>>it always returns a 0 for unsuccessful attempts no matter how many
>>>there are.  I know this stuff must work, but I am having a hell of a
>>>time figuring it out.  HELP!
>>>
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>>>
>>Could you include the list of services you are needing to setup these
>>specifications for (i.e. ftp, login, etc.)
>>
>>Also send the current configuration setup in your pam.d/ directory for
>>each of the services you need to use PAM for?
>>
>>--
>>Jason Gerfen
>>
>>"And remember... If the ladies
>> don't find you handsome, they
>> should at least find you handy..."
>>             ~The Red Green show
>>    
>>
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