This plugin authenticates users against the Unix user database. It presents a similar UI to [[plugins/passwordauth]], but simpler, as there's no need to be able to register or change one's password.
-To authenticate, either [checkpassword](http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html) or [pwauth](http://www.unixpapa.com/pwauth/) must be installed and configured. `checkpassword` is strongly preferred. If your web server runs as an unprivileged user -- as it darn well should! -- then `checkpassword` needs to be setuid root. Other checkpassword implementations are available, notably [checkpassword-pam](http://checkpasswd-pam.sourceforge.net/).
+To authenticate, either [checkpassword](http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html) or [pwauth](http://www.unixpapa.com/pwauth/) must be installed and configured. `checkpassword` is strongly preferred. If your web server runs as an unprivileged user -- as it darn well should! -- then `checkpassword` needs to be setuid root. (Or your ikiwiki CGI wrapper, I guess, but don't do that.) Other checkpassword implementations are available, notably [checkpassword-pam](http://checkpasswd-pam.sourceforge.net/).
Config variables that affect the behavior of `unixauth`:
* `unixauth_type`: defaults to unset, can be "checkpassword" or "pwauth"
* `unixauth_command`: defaults to unset, should contain the full path and any arguments
-* `unixauth_sslrequire`: defaults to 1, can be 0
-* `sslcookie`: needs to be 1 if `unixauth_sslrequire` is 1 (perhaps this should be done automatically?)
+* `unixauth_requiressl`: defaults to 1, can be 0
+* `sslcookie`: needs to be 1 if `unixauth_requiressl` is 1 (perhaps this should be done automatically?)
__Security__: [As with passwordauth](/security/#index14h2), be wary of sending usernames and passwords in cleartext. Unlike passwordauth, sniffing `unixauth` credentials can get an attacker much further than mere wiki access. Therefore, this plugin defaults to not even _displaying_ the login form fields unless we're running under SSL. Nobody should be able to do anything remotely dumb until the admin has done at least a little thinking. After that, dumb things are always possible. ;-)
+`unixauth` tests for the presence of the `HTTPS` environment variable. `Wrapper.pm` needs to be tweaked to pass it through; without that, the plugin fails closed.
+
+[[!toggle id="diff" text="Wrapper.pm.diff"]]
+
+[[!toggleable id="diff" text="""
+
+ --- Wrapper.pm.orig 2008-07-29 00:09:10.000000000 -0400
+ +++ Wrapper.pm
+ @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sub gen_wrapper () { #{{{
+ my @envsave;
+ push @envsave, qw{REMOTE_ADDR QUERY_STRING REQUEST_METHOD REQUEST_URI
+ CONTENT_TYPE CONTENT_LENGTH GATEWAY_INTERFACE
+ - HTTP_COOKIE REMOTE_USER} if $config{cgi};
+ + HTTP_COOKIE REMOTE_USER HTTPS} if $config{cgi};
+ my $envsave="";
+ foreach my $var (@envsave) {
+ $envsave.=<<"EOF"
+
+"""]]
+
[[!toggle id="code" text="unixauth.pm"]]
[[!toggleable id="code" text="""
if (! exists $config{unixauth_requiressl}) {
$config{unixauth_requiressl} = 1;
}
- if ($config{unixauth_requiressl} && \
- (! $config{sslcookie} || ! exists $ENV{'HTTPS'})) {
- die("SSL required to login. Contact your administrator.");
+ if ($config{unixauth_requiressl}) {
+ if ((! $config{sslcookie}) || (! exists $ENV{'HTTPS'})) {
+ die("SSL required to login. Contact your administrator.<br>");
+ }
}
if ($form->title eq "signin") {