GLAuth Plugin

This is a GLAuth plugin; that is, a backend that are not compiled in GLAuth by default.

To quote 'Butonic' (Jörn Friedrich Dreyer):

Just keep the 'lightweight' in mind.

To build either back-end, type

make plugin_name

where 'name' is the plugin's name; so, for instance: make plugin_sqlite

To build back-ends for specific architectures, specify PLUGIN_OS and PLUGIN_ARCH -- For instance, to build the sqlite plugin for the new Mac M1s:

make plugin_sqlite PLUGIN_OS=darwin PLUGIN_ARCH=arm64

PAM Plugin

To authenticate against local users, edit the configuration file (see pkg/plugins/sample-pam.cfg) so that:

...
[backend]
  datastore = "plugin"
  plugin = "bin/pam.so"
...

When building this plugin, one must first ensure that the proper development headers are installed. For instance, on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install libpam0g-dev

You will likely also wish to tweak the groupWithSearchCapability setting, to assign an appropriate secondary group.

Then, to perform a search:

ldapsearch -LLL -H ldap://localhost:3893 -D cn=<unix user name>,ou=<a group the user belongs to>,dc=glauth,dc=com -w <unix user password> -x -bdc=glauth,dc=com  cn=<unix user name>