I am a newbie to PAM. Recently, I am planning to design a c/s program which needs auth/session management module.
I thought of PAM. Since i am new to it, things below puzzle me.
[1] About pam session
In pam, we get two functions ,pam_open_session pam_close_session
My puzzle is----
after calling pam_open_session, what have i got?
Does that mean I get a fresh env?
In a c/s design, how can i maintain the session?
(I have some exp on web-program design in which i get a structure called session that can maintain the relationship between a browser user and web server). But in pam, how can i know the session runs out of time?
Do I have to write a feature to fulfill it? E.g. Store a time_t variable. Fresh it when a users send some tcp/udp package to the server.
[2] About credential
Cite some pam doc lines here:
On a Linux system the user's UID and GID's are credentials too. However, it has been decided that these properties (along with the default supplementary groups of which the user is a member) are credentials that should be set directly by the application and not by PAM. Such credentials should be established, by the application, prior to a call to this function. For example, initgroups(2) (or equivalent) should have been performed.
Here, the pam_setcred does not set uid or gid. I've no idea what the function can do?
How can I use it?
int pam_setcred(pamh, Â
Âflags);Â
pam_handle_t *pamh;
int flags;
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3.1.8.1.ÂDESCRIPTION
The pam_setcred function is used to establish, maintain and delete the credentials of a user. It should be called to set the credentials after a user has been authenticated and before a session is opened for the user (with pam_open_session(3)). The credentials should be deleted after the session has been closed (with pam_close_session(3)).
A credential is something that the user possesses. It is some property, such as a Kerberos ticket, or a supplementary group membership that make up the uniqueness of a given user. On a Linux system the user's UID and GID's are credentials too. However, it has been decided that these properties (along with the default supplementary groups of which the user is a member) are credentials that should be set directly by the application and not by PAM. Such credentials should be established, by the application, prior to a call to this function. For example, initgroups(2) (or equivalent) should have been performed.
Thanks a million.
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Regards,
Guannan
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