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Add Sun PAM functions from Illumos headers.
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1 # `libpam-sys-helpers`: cross-platform tools for libpam
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3 This crate contains tools for `libpam` that **don't directly link to `libpam.so`**.
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4 This allows for creation of `libpam` abstractions (e.g. test doubles) that don't require libpam to be present if they don't link directly into it.
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6 ## Handling PAM implementations
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8 Different PAM implementations have different constants and some different behaviors.
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9 If you need to change your behavior based on PAM implementation, there are a few ways to do so.
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11 ### Constants
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13 The current PAM implementation is available in `PamImpl::CURRENT`.
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14 This is present as a string literal macro in `pam_impl_name!`.
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16 ### Conditional compilation
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18 This package provides custom `#[cfg]`s to compile based on the current PAM implementation.
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20 First, **enable custom `#[cfg]`s in your build.rs**:
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22 ```rust
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23 // build.rs
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24 use libpam_sys_helpers::pam_impl;
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26 fn main() {
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27 pam_impl::enable_pam_impl_cfg();
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29 // everything else you do at build time
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30 }
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31 ```
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33 This will then allow you to use the `pam_impl` configuration variable at compile time:
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35 ```rust
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36 #[cfg(pam_impl = "LinuxPam")]
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37 fn handle_pam() {
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38 // do things in a Linux-PAM specific way
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39 }
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41 #[cfg(not(pam_impl = "LinuxPam"))]
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42 fn handle_pam() {
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43 // do things in another way
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44 }
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45 ```
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47 ## Configuration
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49 By default, this crate automatically detects your libpam version.
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50 Known implementations are listed in the `PamImpl` enum.
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52 You can override this **at build time** by setting the `LIBPAMSYS_IMPL` environment variable to one of those names.
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53 For example, `LIBPAMSYS_IMPL=OpenPam cargo build` will build this library for OpenPAM.
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55 ## MSRV
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57 This library supports **Rust 1.75**, as the version currently (July 2025) available in Debian Trixie and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.