sssd 2.6.1
Modules
SSSD and PAM

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

Modules

 PAM DBUS request
 The PAM responder send all the data it has received from the PAM client to the authentication backend with a DBUS message.
 
 Authentication Tokens
 To indicate to the components of the SSSD how to handle the authentication token the client sends the type of the authentication token to the SSSD.
 
 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.