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An irresponsible mix of implementing libpam-sys and other stuff.
| author | Paul Fisher <paul@pfish.zone> |
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| date | Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:41:28 -0400 |
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| 1 # libpam-sys | |
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| 3 This crate provides low-level access to PAM. | |
| 4 | |
| 5 ## Options | |
| 6 | |
| 7 With no features at all enabled, only the functions specified by the [X/SSO PAM specification][xsso] are available. | |
| 8 | |
| 9 - `extras` (enabled by default): Common extensions to PAM, shared by both OpenPAM and Linux-PAM. | |
| 10 This includes, most notably, `pam_get_authtok`. | |
| 11 *Illumos does not provide this.* | |
| 12 - `illumos-ext`: Extensions provided only by Illumos. | |
| 13 - `linux-pam-ext`: Extensions provided only by Linux-PAM. | |
| 14 - `openpam-ext`: Extensions provided by OpenPAM. | |
| 15 - `use-system-headers`: Source constants from your PAM system headers. | |
| 16 | |
| 17 ## References | |
| 18 | |
| 19 - [X/SSO PAM specification][xsso]: This 1997 document laid out the original specification for PAM. | |
| 20 - [Linux-PAM repository][linux-pam]: The Linux-PAM implementation, used by most (all?) Linux distributions. Contains many extensions. | |
| 21 - [Linux-PAM man page][man7]: Root man page for Linux-PAM, with links to additional PAM man pages. | |
| 22 - [Linux-PAM guides][linux-guides]: Documentation for developers using PAM and sysadmins. | |
| 23 - [OpenPAM repository][openpam]: The OpenPAM implementation, used by many BSD varieties. This hews very close to the spec. | |
| 24 - [OpenPAM man page][manbsd]: NetBSD's root man page for OpenPAM. | |
| 25 - [Illumos PAM repository][illumos-pam]: Illumos's implementation of PAM. Even more basic than OpenPAM. | |
| 26 - [Illumos PAM man page][manillumos]: Illumos's root man page for its PAM implementation. | |
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| 28 [xsso]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/8329799/toc.htm | |
| 29 [linux-pam]: https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam | |
| 30 [man7]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/pam.8.html | |
| 31 [linux-guides]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/ | |
| 32 [openpam]: https://git.des.dev/OpenPAM/OpenPAM | |
| 33 [manbsd]: https://man.netbsd.org/pam.8 | |
| 34 [illumos-pam]: https://code.illumos.org/plugins/gitiles/illumos-gate/+/refs/heads/master/usr/src/lib/libpam/ | |
| 35 [manillumos]: https://illumos.org/man/3PAM/pam |