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 <H1>LON-CAPA Password authentication</H1>  <h1>LON-CAPA Password authentication</h1>
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 Scott Harrison  Scott Harrison
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 Last updated: 02/15/2001  Last updated: 09/30/2001
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 This file describes issues associated with authenticating  This file describes issues associated with authenticating
 passwords on a LON-CAPA system.  passwords on a LON-CAPA system.
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 <H3>Latest HOWTO</H3>  <p>
 <P>  I am just now adding information on how to configure a LON-CAPA
   system to work with shadow passwords.
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   <h3>Latest HOWTO</h3>
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 The following section of perl code illustrates the  The following section of perl code illustrates the
 different ways passwords can be evaluated.  different ways passwords can be evaluated.
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                           my ($howpwd,$contentpwd)=split(/:/,$realpasswd);                            my ($howpwd,$contentpwd)=split(/:/,$realpasswd);
                           my $pwdcorrect=0;                            my $pwdcorrect=0;
                           if ($howpwd eq 'internal') {                            if ($howpwd eq 'internal') {
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                           } else {                            } else {
                              print $client "non_authorized\n";                               print $client "non_authorized\n";
                           }                              }  
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 </HTML>  Making a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords (in five steps;
   assuming that the linux system is configured for shadow passwords)
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   1. Get http://www.wwnet.net/~janc/software/mod_auth_external-2.1.13.tar.gz
   
   2. cd mod_auth_external/pwauth
   
   3. alter the config.h file line to match the UID of www
   #define SERVER_UIDS 500         /* user "www" */
   
   4.
         If you have a /etc/pam.d directory, you need to create a file named
         "pwauth" inside it.  To authenticate out of the Unix Shadow file
         under Redhat 6.x, the /etc/pam.d/pwauth file should look something like
         this:
   
           auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
           auth       required     /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
           account    required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
   
   
   5.  place pwauth in /usr/local/sbin/.
   
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