The are the results of the testing code

pam-test-results (text/plain), 2.08 KB, created by Tres 'RiverRat' Melton on 2008-04-18 17:31:21 UTC

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$> ls -l /etc/pam.d/check_user
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72 Apr 17 14:00 /etc/pam.d/check_user
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$> cat /etc/pam.d/check_user
	(PAM service name is "check_user" confirmed as hardwired in the source.)
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auth       required     pam_unix.so
account    required     pam_unix.so
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Preparation:
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$> gcc -lpam -lpam_misc pam-tester.c -o pam-tester
$> cp pam-tester pam-tester-root
$> cp pam-tester pam-tester-apache
$> cp pam-tester pam-tester-tres
$> sudo chown tres:tres		pam-tester-tres
$> sudo chown apache:apache 	pam-tester-apache
$> sudo chown root:root		pam-tester-root
$> sudo chmod +s		pam-tester-tres pam-tester-apache pam-tester-root
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Testing results as various users:
(all tests were to authenticate me, tres, initiated as: 
$> $EXEC tres
where EXEC is defined below along with the results)
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tres				(me, the person who I'm trying to authenticate)
	pam-tester		Authenticated
	pam-tester-root		Authenticated
	pam-tester-apache	Authenticated
	pam-tester-tres		Authenticated

$> sudo -u doc /bin/bash	(an arbitrary disinterested user)
	pam-tester		Not Authenticated
	pam-tester-root		Authenticated
	pam-tester-apache	Not Authenticated
	pam-tester-tres		Not Authenticated

$> sudo -u root /bin/bash	(the user that it should always work as)
	pam-tester		Authenticated
	pam-tester-root		Authenticated
	pam-tester-apache	Authenticated
	pam-tester-tres		Authenticated

$> sudo -u apache /bin/bash	(the user it needs to work as)
	pam-tester		Not Authenticated
	pam-tester-root		Authenticated
	pam-tester-apache	Not Authenticated
	pam-tester-tres		Not Authenticated
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