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| author | James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com> | 2015-05-22 11:39:59 -0400 |
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| committer | James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com> | 2015-05-22 11:39:59 -0400 |
| commit | e4c2447099c0476f8de3b684aa68c1496218e0f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 449ae8cdc98a7e0f74a20d62e4a41a5947220fbe /src/site | |
| parent | d925631f6a2e5059387be643cd736bff471bad1c (diff) | |
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Improve PAM documentation
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| -rw-r--r-- | src/site/setup_authentication.mkd | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd b/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd index 87b67497..a3bf4451 100644 --- a/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd +++ b/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd @@ -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
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