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Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) provides a system of libraries that handle the authentication tasks of applications (services) on a Linux system. These libraries are loaded dynamically and can be configured in the/etc/pam.ddirectory or in/etc/pam.conf. The PAM modules are divided into four types:

auth (authentication):This module type is responsible for authenticating the user, setting up user credentials, and initiating a session.

account:This module type manages account policies such as password expiration, access restrictions, and checking user permissions.

password:This module type handles the updating of authentication tokens, such as passwords.

session:This module type manages tasks that need to be performed at the beginning and end of a session, like mounting directories or logging.

References

Linux PAM Documentation

Understanding PAM

An LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) file is used to represent directory entries in LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol).

Each entry in an LDIF file starts with thedn(Distinguished Name) attribute, which uniquely identifies the entry in the directory.

Thednattribute is mandatory and specifies the path to the entry within the LDAP directory.

References

LDAP documentation:

OpenLDAP LDIF documentation:

The Kerberos configuration file, typically located at/etc/krb5.conf, contains several sections, each with different settings that control the behavior of Kerberos. Thelibdefaultssection is where default settings for Kerberos libraries are defined, and it may include thedefault_realmoption.

Example:

[libdefaults]default_realm= EXAMPLE.COMdns_lookup_realm=falsedns_lookup_kdc=true

References

Kerberos Configuration

Red Hat Kerberos Configuration