LDAP Client Authentication

Saturday, February 21, 2009

  1. This file "/etc/ldap.conf" is the 1st file that has to be modified as this is the file that tells the system which ldap server to authenticate too.

    host yourdomain.com
    base dc=yourdomain,dc=com
    uri ldap://yourdomain.com/
    ldap_version 3
    rootbinddn cn=Manager,dc=yourdomain,dc=com
    scope sub
    timelimit 5
    bind_timelimit 5
    nss_reconnect_tries 2
    pam_login_attribute uid
    pam_member_attribute gid
    pam_password md5
    pam_password exop
    nss_base_passwd ou=People,dc=yourdomain,dc=com
    nss_base_shadow ou=People,dc=yourdomain,dc=com


  2. Now we have to add the passwd in this file "/etc/ldap.secret" so that we can authenticate to the ldap server

    password
  3. Now we have to modify this file "/etc/nsswitch.conf"

    passwd:         files ldap
    group: files ldap
    hosts: dns ldap
    services: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files
    networks: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files
    protocols: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files
    rpc: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files
    ethers: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files
    netmasks: files
    bootparams: files
    publickey: files
    automount: files
    sendmailvars: files
    netgroup: ldap [NOTFOUND=return] files

  4. Now it is time to modify the files in /etc/pam.d/ directory.
    First file to be modified is "/etc/pam.d/login"


    auth
    sufficient pam_ldap.so
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    password sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session sufficient pam_ldap.so
    auth            requisite       pam_securetty.so
    auth requisite pam_nologin.so
    auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
    auth required pam_unix.so use_first_pass
    auth required pam_tally.so onerr=succeed file=/var/log/faillog
    account required pam_access.so
    account required pam_time.so
    account required pam_unix.so
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    password sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
    session required pam_unix.so
    session required pam_env.so
    session required pam_motd.so
    session required pam_limits.so
    session optional pam_mail.so dir=/var/spool/mail standard
    session sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session optional pam_lastlog.so


  5. Now we modify "/etc/pam.d/shadow"

    auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    password sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session sufficient pam_ldap.so
    auth            sufficient      pam_rootok.so
    auth required pam_unix.so
    auth sufficient pam_ldap.so use_first_pass
    account required pam_unix.so
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session required pam_unix.so
    session sufficient pam_ldap.so
    password sufficient pam_ldap.so
    password required pam_permit.so



  6. Now we modify "/etc/pam.d/passwd"

    password sufficient pam_ldap.so
    password        sufficient      pam_ldap.so
    password required pam_unix.so shadow nullok



  7. Now we modify "/etc/pam.d/su"

    auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session sufficient pam_ldap.so
    auth            sufficient      pam_ldap.so
    auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
    auth required pam_unix.so use_first_pass
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    account required pam_unix.so
    session sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session required pam_unix.so


  8. Now we modify "/etc/pam.d/sudo"

    auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
    auth            sufficient      pam_ldap.so
    auth required pam_unix.so use_first_pass
    auth required pam_nologin.so

  9. In this file "/etc/pam.d/sshd" you have to add 3 entries, one for auth, one for account, and one for session.
    auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    password required pam_ldap.so


    auth            required        pam_nologin.so
    auth sufficient pam_ldap.so
    auth required pam_env.so
    auth required pam_unix.so use_first_pass
    account sufficient pam_ldap.so
    account required pam_unix.so
    account required pam_time.so
    password required pam_ldap.so
    password required pam_unix.so
    session required pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0022
    session required pam_unix_session.so
    session sufficient pam_ldap.so
    session required pam_limits.so

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