As Ed already mentioned, PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) are what you want to look for. After you install them and set them up, make sure to keep a command line session (ssh, tty2, etc.) open while you test from another terminal. You can potentially lock yourself out of the system on accident. On Aug 10, 2015 6:05 AM, "Ed Felt" <edf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PAM is usually how this is done. For instance, look at libpam-mysql. > On Aug 10, 2015 5:05 AM, "Dan Egli" <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I was wondering about something. Does anyone know if it's possible to > > change the location of login information for a system to something like a > > MySQL or PostgreSQL database? I seem to recall it was possible to store > > login information (i.e. username, uid, gid, password, etc...) in either > > Kerberos or an LDAP system, but I've never seen if there's one that will > > store in a xSQL database. I wouldn't really be surprised if the answer > was > > "no", but I don't really have any idea where to look. Perhaps my sol > isn't > > strong enough, but when I search for things like "pgsql login linux" I > get > > tons of articles on how to login to the pgsql binary, but not anything I > > saw on how to use pgsql to store the equivalent of the /etc/passwd, > > /etc/shadow, /etc/group, and /etc/gshadow files. I was hoping someone > here > > would know whether or not it's possible, and if so where I can find a > page > > that shows how it's done. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > --- Dan > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
