[clug] Remote Authentication for Linux

[Bob Edwards]

On 1/9/21 3:01 pm, jm via linux wrote:
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> On 1/9/21 14:52, Bob Edwards via linux wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> The most common such system is LDAP (or LDAPS if it is more remote
>> than in the same room). You can also use RADIUS, NIS(+) etc. I believe
>> that Debian (Pluggable Authentication Modules, actually) can also
>> authenticate against a PostgreSQL, MySQL or other database.
>>
>> Then there are all the OAuth mechanisms that allow you to authenticate
>> against common services such as (dare I say it) Google, Facebook etc.
>>
>> What is the actual use case here? What do you want the "someone" to
>> authenticate for? Shell access? Web access? IOT/MQTT access? etc.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Bob Edwards.
>>
> See my reply to Steve to avoid repeating myself. Shell access via ssh or
> similar is what I'm aiming to do.
> 
> The devices are definitely out of the office. There's a few in a remote
> mining community in WA. Some are closer to home by have poor Internet
> connections. This can make the network connection very slow and flaky.
> 
> I'd forgot about LDAP which is exactly why I'd thought I'd ask around.
> Someone is bound to suggest something which I'd forgotten or not thought of.
> 
> Is there a list of pam modules somewhere?
> 
> Jeff.
> 
> 

Wikipedia is quite often your friend:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_PAM

cheers,
Bob Edwards.