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authorJames Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com>2015-05-22 09:40:40 -0600
committerJames Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com>2015-05-22 09:40:40 -0600
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Merged #250 "Improve PAM documentation"
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diff --git a/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd b/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd
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@@ -83,10 +83,16 @@ Windows authentication is based on the use of Waffle and JNA. It is known to wo
### PAM Authentication
-PAM authentication is based on the use of libpam4j and JNA. To use this service, your Gitblit server must be installed on a Linux/Unix/MacOSX machine and the user that Gitblit runs-as must have root permissions.
+PAM authentication is based on the use of libpam4j and JNA. To use this service, your Gitblit server must be installed on a Linux/Unix/MacOSX machine.
realm.authenticationProviders = pam
- realm.pam.serviceName = system-auth
+ realm.pam.serviceName = gitblit
+
+Then define a gitblit authentication policy in `/etc/pam.d/gitblit`
+
+ # PAM configuration for the gitblit service
+ # Standard Un*x authentication.
+ @include common-auth
### Htpasswd Authentication