x2gobroker-authservice - PAM authentication service for X2Go Session Broker

       This manual has been written for the X2Go project by Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de>.

Version 0.0.4.x                                     Apr 2020                           x2gobroker-authservice(8)

x2gobroker-authservice accepts the following common options:

       -h,--help
              Display a help with all available command line options and exit.

       -D,--daemonize
              Fork this application to background and detach from the running terminal.

       -P,--pidfile
              Custom  PID  file  location  when  daemonizing  (default:  <RUNDIR>/x2gobroker/x2gobroker-authser‐vice.pid).

       -L,--logdir
              Directory where stdout/stderr will be redirected after having daemonized (default: /var/log/x2gob‐roker/).

       -s<AUTHSOCKET>,--socket<AUTHSOCKET>
              File  name of the unix domain socket file used for communication between broker and authentication
              service.

       -o<OWNER>,--owner<OWNER>
              User ownership of the <AUTHSOCKET> file.

       -g<GROUP>,--group<GROUP>
              Group ownership of the <AUTHSOCKET> file.

       -p<PERMISSIONS>,--permissions<PERMISSIONS>
              Set these file permissions for the <AUTHSOCKET> file. Use numerical permissions (e.g. 0640).

x2gobroker-authservice  is a PAM authentication service for X2Go Session Broker. Whereas the X2Go Session
       Broker runs as a non-privileged user (standalone daemon mode) or as the also non-privileged  httpd  serv‐
       er's  system user (WSGI mode), an authentication against PAM requires root privileges in most cases (esp.
       for pam_unix.so).

       Thus, the PAM authentication has been moved into a separate service. The communication between X2Go  Ses‐
       sion  Broker and PAM Authentication Service is handled through a unix domain socket file (<RUNDIR>/x2gob‐roker/x2gobroker-authservice.socket).

       This command is normally started through the host's init system.

       <RUNDIR>/x2gobroker/x2gobroker-authservice.socket

       x2gobroker-authservice - PAM authentication service for X2Go Session Broker

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