pam_winbind supports several options which can either be set in the PAM configuration files or in the
pam_winbind configuration file situated at /etc/security/pam_winbind.conf. Options from the PAM
configuration file take precedence to those from the configuration file. See pam_winbind.conf(5) for
further details.
debug
Gives debugging output to syslog.
debug_state
Gives detailed PAM state debugging output to syslog.
require_membership_of=[SID or NAME]
If this option is set, pam_winbind will only succeed if the user is a member of the given SID or
NAME. A SID can be either a group-SID, an alias-SID or even an user-SID. It is also possible to give
a NAME instead of the SID. That name must have the form: MYDOMAIN\mygroup or MYDOMAIN\myuser (where
'\' character corresponds to the value of winbindseparator parameter). It is also possible to use a
UPN in the form user@REALM or group@REALM. pam_winbind will, in that case, lookup the SID internally.
Note that NAME may not contain any spaces. It is thus recommended to only use SIDs. You can verify
the list of SIDs a user is a member of with wbinfo --user-sids=SID.
This option must only be specified on a auth module declaration, as it only operates in conjunction
with password authentication.
use_first_pass
By default, pam_winbind tries to get the authentication token from a previous module. If no token is
available it asks the user for the old password. With this option, pam_winbind aborts with an error
if no authentication token from a previous module is available.
try_first_pass
Same as the use_first_pass option (previous item), except that if the primary password is not valid,
PAM will prompt for a password.
use_authtok
Set the new password to the one provided by the previously stacked password module. If this option is
not set pam_winbind will ask the user for the new password.
try_authtok
Same as the use_authtok option (previous item), except that if the new password is not valid, PAM
will prompt for a password.
krb5_auth
pam_winbind can authenticate using Kerberos when winbindd is talking to an Active Directory domain
controller. Kerberos authentication must be enabled with this parameter. When Kerberos authentication
can not succeed (e.g. due to clock skew), winbindd will fallback to samlogon authentication over
MSRPC. When this parameter is used in conjunction with winbindrefreshtickets, winbind will keep
your Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) up-to-date by refreshing it whenever necessary.
krb5_ccache_type=[type]
When pam_winbind is configured to try kerberos authentication by enabling the krb5_auth option, it
can store the retrieved Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) in a credential cache. The type of credential
cache can be controlled with this option. The supported values are: KCM or KEYRING (when supported by
the system's Kerberos library and operating system), FILE and DIR (when the DIR type is supported by
the system's Kerberos library). In case of FILE a credential cache in the form of /tmp/krb5cc_UID
will be created - in case of DIR you NEED to specify a directory which must exist, the UID directory
will be created in the specified directory. In all cases UID is replaced with the numeric user id.
Check the details of the Kerberos implementation.
When using the KEYRING type, the supported mechanism is “KEYRING:persistent:UID”, which uses the
Linux kernel keyring to store credentials on a per-UID basis. KEYRING has limitations. For example,
it is secure kernel memory, so bulk storage of credentials is not possible.
When using the KCM type, the supported mechanism is “KCM:UID”, which uses a Kerberos credential
manager to store credentials on a per-UID basis similar to KEYRING. This is the recommended choice on
latest Linux distributions that offer a Kerberos Credential Manager. If not, we suggest to use
KEYRING, as those are the most secure and predictable method.
It is also possible to define custom filepaths and use the "%u" pattern in order to substitute the
numeric user id. Examples:
krb5_ccache_type = DIR:/run/user/%u/krb5cc
This will create a credential cache file in the specified directory.
krb5_ccache_type = FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_%u
This will create a credential cache file.
Leave empty to just do kerberos authentication without having a ticket cache after the logon has
succeeded. This setting is empty by default.
cached_login
Winbind allows one to logon using cached credentials when winbindofflinelogon is enabled. To use
this feature from the PAM module this option must be set.
silent
Do not emit any messages.
mkhomedir
Create homedirectory for a user on-the-fly, option is valid in PAM session block.
warn_pwd_expire
Defines number of days before pam_winbind starts to warn about passwords that are going to expire.
Defaults to 14 days.
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