Basic Auth + PAM2012/06/11

	Configure httpd and set a page that people must authenticate and the authentication is from PAM.
[1]	Install mod-auth-external and pwauth.

[root@www ‾]#

yum -y install httpd-devel pam-devel

[root@www ~]#

wget http://mod-auth-external.googlecode.com/files/mod_authnz_external-3.2.6.tar.gz

[root@www ~]#

wget http://pwauth.googlecode.com/files/pwauth-2.3.10.tar.gz

[root@www ~]#

tar zxvf mod_authnz_external-3.2.6.tar.gz

[root@www ~]#

cd mod_authnz_external-3.2.6

[root@www mod_authnz_external-3.2.6]#

apxs -c mod_authnz_external.c

[root@www mod_authnz_external-3.2.6]#

apxs -i mod_authnz_external.la

[root@www mod_authnz_external-3.2.6]#

[root@www ~]#

tar zxvf pwauth-2.3.10.tar.gz

[root@www ~]#

cd pwauth-2.3.10

[root@www pwauth-2.3.10]#

vi config.h

# line 126: make it comment

#define SHADOW_SUN

# line 134: uncomment

#define PAM

# line 281: change ( httpd's executing ID )

#define SERVER_UIDS

/* user "

apache

" */

[root@www pwauth-2.3.10]#

vi Makefile

# line 10: make it comment

LIB= -lcrypt

# line 14: uncomment

LIB=-lpam -ldl

[root@www pwauth-2.3.10]#

make

[root@www pwauth-2.3.10]#

cp pwauth /usr/local/libexec/

[root@www pwauth-2.3.10]#

chmod 4755 /usr/local/libexec/pwauth

[root@www pwauth-2.3.10]#

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

# near line 217: add

LoadModule authnz_external_module modules/mod_authnz_external.so
AddExternalAuth pwauth /usr/local/libexec/pwauth
SetExternalAuthMethod pwauth pipe

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/pam.d/pwauth

# create new

#%PAM-1.0
auth        include       system-auth
account     include       system-auth
session     include       system-auth

[root@www ~]#

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/auth_pam.conf

# for example, users must authenticate under /var/www/html/test

<Directory /var/www/html/test>
    SSLRequireSSL
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "PAM Authentication"
    AuthBasicProvider external
    AuthExternal pwauth
    require valid-user
</Directory>

[root@www ~]#

systemctl restart httpd.service

# create a test page

[root@www ~]#

vi /var/www/html/test/index.html

<html>
<body>
<div style="width: 100%; font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
Test Page for PAM Auth
</div>
</body>
</html>

Access to the test page with web browser, then authentication is required as a config. Input a user in local /etc/passwd and authenticate here.

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