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.\" $OpenLDAP$
.SH NAME
slapo-nssov \- NSS lookup requests through a local Unix Domain socket
slapo-nssov \- NSS and PAM requests through a local Unix Domain socket
.SH SYNOPSIS
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
@ -11,25 +11,38 @@ The
.B nssov
overlay to
.BR slapd (8)
allows NSS lookup requests through a local Unix Domain socket.
services NSS and PAM requests through a local Unix Domain socket.
It uses the same IPC protocol as Arthur de Jong's nss-ldapd, and
a complete copy of the nss-ldapd source is included here. It also
handles PAM requests.
a complete copy of the nss-ldapd source is included along with the
nssov source code.
.LP
The main objective here was to eliminate the libldap dependencies/clashes that
the current pam_ldap/nss_ldap solutions all suffer from. A secondary objective
was to allow for the possibility of more sophisticated caching than nscd
provides. (E.g., run slapd back-ldap + pcache on each node.) Of course, you
can also completey eliminate cache staleness considerations by running a
regular database with syncrepl.
Using a separate IPC protocol for NSS and PAM requests eliminates the
libldap dependencies/clashes that the current pam_ldap/nss_ldap solutions
all suffer from. Both the original nss-ldapd and this nssov solution
are free from these library issues.
.LP
And of course, another major objective was to allow all security policy to be
Unlike nss-ldapd, since this overlay executes inside slapd it allows for
the possibility of sophisticated caching, without any of the weaknesses of
nscd and other related caching solutions. E.g., a remote LDAP database can
be accessed using back-ldap with proxy caching (see
.BR slapd-ldap (5)
and
.BR slapo-pcache (5)
) to leverage back-ldap's
connection pooling as well as pcache's persistent caching, to provide
high performance and a measure of support for disconnected operation.
Alternatively, cache considerations can be completely eliminated by running
a regular database with syncrepl to maintain synchronization with a remote
LDAP database.
.LP
Another major benefit of nssov is that it allows all security policy to be
administered centrally via LDAP, instead of having fragile rules scattered
across multiple flat files. As such, there is no client-side configuration at
all for the pam/nss stub libraries. (They talk to the server via a Unix domain
socket whose path is hardcoded to /var/run/nslcd/). As a side benefit, this
can finally eliminate the perpetual confusion over /etc/ldap.conf vs
/etc/openldap/ldap.conf.
all for the NSS/PAM stub libraries. (The stubs talk to the server via a Unix
domain socket whose path is hardcoded to /var/run/nslcd/). As a side benefit,
this can finally eliminate the perpetual confusion between OpenLDAP's
ldap.conf file in ETCDIR/ldap.conf and the similarly named files typically
used by pam_ldap and nss_ldap.
.LP
User authentication is performed by internal simple Binds. User authorization
leverages the slapd ACL engine, which offers much more power and flexibility
@ -43,37 +56,31 @@ overlay. See the
.B nss-ldapd/README
for more information on the schema and which features are supported.
.LP
To use the overlay add:
.LP
.RS
.nf
include <path to>nis.schema
You will also need to include the nis.schema in your slapd configuration
for RFC2307 support. If you wish to use RFC2307bis you will need a slightly
different schema. You will also need the ldapns.schema for PAM authorization
management.
.LP
You must select
.B ldap
in the appropriate services in
.I /etc/nsswitch.conf
in order for these NSS features to take effect. Likewise, you must
enable
.B pam_ldap
for the authenticate, account, session, and password services in
.I /etc/pam.conf
or
.I /etc/pam.d
for these PAM features to take effect.
moduleload <path to>nssov.so
...
database hdb
...
overlay nssov
.fi
.RE
.LP
to your slapd configuration file. (The nis.schema file contains
the original [RFC2307] schema. Some modifications will be needed to
use [RFC2307bis].)
.LP
The overlay may be configured with
.B Service Search Descriptors (SSDs)
for each NSS service that will be used. SSDs are configured using
.LP
.RS
.nf
nssov-ssd <service> <url>
.fi
.RE
.LP
where the <service> may be one of
.LP
.TP
.B overlay nssov
This directive adds the nssov overlay to the current backend.
.TP
.B nssov-ssd <service> <url>
This directive configures a Service Search Descriptor (SSD) for each NSS
service that will be used. The <service> may be one of
.RS
.nf
alias
@ -89,15 +96,11 @@ where the <service> may be one of
shadow
.fi
.RE
.LP
and the <url> must be of the form
.LP
.RS
.nf
ldap:///[<basedn>][??[<scope>][?<filter>]]
.fi
.TP
.B ldap:///[<basedn>][??[<scope>][?<filter>]]
.RE
.LP
The
.B <basedn>
will default to the first suffix of the current database.
@ -106,22 +109,154 @@ The
defaults to "subtree". The default
.B <filter>
depends on which service is being used.
.LP
.TP
.B nssov-map <service> <orig> <new>
If the local database is actually a proxy to a foreign LDAP server, some
mapping of schema may be needed. Some simple attribute substitutions may
be performed using
.LP
.RS
.nf
nssov-map <service> <orig> <new>
.fi
.RE
.LP
See the
mapping of schema may be needed. This directive allows some simple attribute
substitutions to be performed. See the
.B nss-ldapd/README
for the original attribute names used in this code.
.TP
.B nssov-pam <option> [...]
This directive determines a number of PAM behaviors. Multiple options may
be used at once, and available levels are:
.RS
.RS
.PD 0
.TP
.B userhost
check host attribute in user entry for authorization
.TP
.B userservice
check authorizedService attribute in user entry for authorization
.TP
.B usergroup
check that user is a member of specific group for authorization
.TP
.B hostservice
check authorizedService attribute in host entry for authorization
.TP
.B authz2dn
use authz-regexp mapping to map uid to LDAP DN
.TP
.B uid2dn
use NSS passwd SSD to map uid to LDAP DN
.PD
.RE
Setting the
.BR userhost ,
.BR userservice ,
and
.B usergroup
options duplicates the original pam_ldap authorization behavior.
The recommended approach is to use
.B hostservice
instead. In this case, ipHost entries must be created for all hosts
being managed, and they must also have the authorizedServiceObject
class to allow authorizedService attributes to be used.
Authorization is checked by performing an LDAP Compare operation
looking for the PAM service name in the authorizedService attribute.
.B slapd
ACLs should be set to grant or deny
.B Compare
privilege to the appropriate users or groups as desired.
If the
.B authz2dn
option is set then authz-regexp mappings will be used to map the
PAM username to an LDAP DN. The authentication DN will be of the
form
.RS
.B cn=<service>+uid=<user>,cn=<hostname>,cn=pam,cn=auth
.RE
If no mapping is found for this authentication DN, then this
mapping will be ignored.
If the
.B uid2dn
option is set then the NSS passwd SSD will be used to map the
PAM username to an LDAP DN. The passwd SSD must have already been
configured for this mapping to succeed.
If neither the authz2dn nor the uid2dn mapping succeeds, the module
will return a PAM_USER_UNKNOWN failure code. If both options are set,
the authz mapping is attempted first; if it succeeds the uid2dn mapping
will be skipped.
By default only the
.B uid2dn
option is set.
.RE
.TP
.B nssov-pam-defhost <hostname>
Specify a default hostname to check if an ipHost entry for the current
hostname cannot be found. This setting is only relevant if the
.B hostservice
option has been set.
.TP
.B nssov-pam-group-dn <DN>
Specify the DN of an LDAP group to check for authorization. The LDAP user
must be a member of this group for the login to be allowed. There is no
default value. This setting is only relevant if the
.B usergroup
option has been set.
.TP
.B nssov-pam-group-ad <attribute>
Specify the attribute to use for group membership checks.
There is no default value. This setting is only relevant if the
.B usergroup
option has been set.
.TP
.B nssov-pam-minuid <integer>
Specify a minimum uid that is allowed to login. Users with a uidNumber
lower than this value will be denied access. The default is zero, which
disables this setting.
.TP
.B nssov-pam-maxuid <integer>
Specify a maximum uid that is allowed to login. Users with a uidNumber
higher than this value will be denied access. The default is zero, which
disables this setting.
.TP
.B nssov-pam-template-ad <attribute>
Specify an attribute to check in a user's entry for a template login name.
The template login feature is used by FreeBSD's PAM framework. It can be
viewed as a form of proxying, where a user can authenticate with one
username/password pair, but is assigned the identity and credentials of
the template user. This setting is disabled by default.
.TP
.B nssov-pam-template <name>
Specify a default username to be used if no template attribute is found
in the user's entry. The
.B nssov-pam-template-ad
directive must be configured for this setting to have any effect.
.TP
.B nssov-pam-session <service>
Specify a PAM service name whose sessions will be recorded. For the
configured services, logins will be recorded in the
.B loginStatus
operational attribute of the user's entry. The attribute's values are
of the form
.RS
.RS
.B <generalizedTime> <host> <service> <tty> (<ruser@rhost>)
.RE
.RE
Upon logout the corresponding value will be deleted. This feature allows
a single LDAP Search to be used to check which users are logged in across
all the hosts of a network. By default no services are configured.
.LP
The overlay also supports dynamic configuration in cn=config. The layout
The PAM functions support LDAP Password Policy as well. If the password
policy overlay is in use (see
.BR slapo-ppolicy (5)),
policy
information (e.g. password expiration, password quality, etc.)
may be returned to the PAM client as a result of authentication,
account management, and password modification requests.
The overlay also supports dynamic configuration in cn=config. An example
of the config entry is
.LP
.RS
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olcOverlay: {0}nssov
olcNssSvc: passwd ldap:///ou=users,dc=example,dc=com??one
olcNssMap: passwd uid accountName
olcNssPam: hostservice uid2dn
olcNssPamDefHost: defaulthost
olcNssPamMinUid: 500
olcNssPamMaxUid: 32000
olcNssPamSession: login
olcNssPamSession: sshd
.fi
.RE
.LP
which enables the passwd service, and uses the accountName attribute to
fetch what is usually retrieved from the uid attribute.
.LP
PAM authentication, account management, session management, and password
management are supported.
.LP
Authentication is performed using Simple Binds. Since all operations occur
inside the slapd overlay, "fake" connections are used and they are
inherently secure. Two methods of mapping the PAM username to an LDAP DN
are provided:
the mapping can be accomplished using slapd's authz-regexp facility. In
this case, a DN of the form
.B cn=<service>+uid=<user>,cn=<hostname>,cn=pam,cn=auth
is fed into the regexp matcher. If a match is produced, the resulting DN
is used. Otherwise, the NSS passwd map is invoked (which means it must already
be configured).
.LP
If no DN is found, the overlay returns PAM_USER_UNKNOWN. If the DN is
found, and Password Policy is supported, then the Bind will use the
Password Policy control and return expiration information to PAM.
.LP
Account management also uses two methods. These methods depend on the
ldapns.schema included with the nssov source.
.LP
The first is identical to the method used in PADL's pam_ldap module:
host and authorizedService attributes may be looked up in the user's entry,
and checked to determine access. Also a check may be performed to see if
the user is a member of a particular group. This method is pretty
inflexible and doesn't scale well to large networks of users, hosts,
and services.
.LP
The second uses slapd's ACL engine to check if the user has "compare"
privilege on an ipHost object whose name matches the current hostname, and
whose authorizedService attribute matches the current service name. This
method is preferred, since it allows authorization to be centralized in
the ipHost entries instead of scattered across the entire user population.
The ipHost entries must have an authorizedService attribute (e.g. by way
of the authorizedServiceObject auxiliary class) to use this method.
.LP
Session management: the overlay may optionally add a "logged in" attribute
to a user's entry for successful logins, and delete the corresponding
value upon logout. The attribute value is of the form
.B <generalizedTime> <host> <service> <tty> (<ruser@rhost>)
Password management: the overlay will perform a PasswordModify exop
in the server for the given user.
fetch what is usually retrieved from the uid attribute. It also enables
some PAM authorization controls, and specifies that the PAM
.B login
and
.B sshd
services should have their logins recorded.
.SH FILES
.TP
ETCDIR/slapd.conf
@ -188,6 +291,8 @@ default slapd configuration file
.BR slapd.conf (5),
.BR slapd\-config (5),
.BR slapd\-ldap (5),
.BR slapo\-pcache (5),
.BR slapo\-ppolicy (5),
.BR slapd (8).
.SH AUTHOR
Originally implemented by Howard Chu; man page Gavin Henry, Suretec Systems Ltd.
Howard Chu, inspired by nss-ldapd by Arthur de Jong and pam_ldap by Luke Howard