PAM¶
Key Goals¶
- Configure PAM
- Configure user resource limits
- Manage user processes
- Home dirs while logins
- Password policies
- Control login times
Content¶
- Pam modules
Exercises¶
Pam modules¶
- Explain what are PAM modules? note, what is the responsability of Pam modules and explain on which resources they have control?
- Where can you find these Pam modules on your system (directory)?
- What is the meaning of the *.so type of file?
- Modify Pam to create a home direcotry for a new user on login.
- Modify Pam to define a new password policy that enforces 8 charchters for each password.
- Use the /etc/security/limit.conf file to limit the users to maximum of 10 concurent processes. Test your work by running:
`
#!/bin/bash
echo "Test"
$0 (it's the script name)
`