Question

I’m trying to write a script which takes a username via argument and password via stdin. I’d like the script to contact the kerberos server and verify the password. I’m going to use this to authenticate perforce users via an auth-check trigger. I’m not too wedded to any particular language although bash and perl are already installed on the (centos 5) system concerned.

Any hints/suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Fenster

Answer 1

Just come across pwauth on google code. It can be configured to verify system passwords using the pam interface. It looks like its been designed with apache in mind but should work for any scriptable situation. Going to try and set this up this week. Will report back when i’ve tried it.

NB there are risks with exposing your system accounts so the link directs you to the risks page first.