sssd  2.2.2
Modules
SSSD and PAM

SSSD offers authentication and authorization via PAM. More...

Modules

 PAM DBUS request
 
 Authentication Tokens
 
 Responses to the PAM client
 

Detailed Description

SSSD offers authentication and authorization via PAM.

The SSSD provides a PAM client modules pam_sss which can be called from the PAM stack of the operation system. pam_sss will collect all the data about the user from the PAM stack and sends them via a socket to the PAM responder of the SSSD. The PAM responder selects the appropriate backend and forwards the data via D-BUS to the backend. The backend preforms the requested operation and sends the result expressed by a PAM return value and optional additional information back to the PAM responder. Finally the PAM responder forwards the response back to the client.