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author Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
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---
labels:
- 'Stage-Alpha'
- 'Type-Auth'
summary: PAM authentication module
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Introduction
============

This module makes Prosody authenticate users against PAM (Linux
Pluggable Authentication Modules)

Setup
=====

Create a `/etc/pam.d/xmpp` with something like this:

    auth    [success=1 default=ignore]  pam_unix.so obscure sha512 nodelay
    auth    requisite           pam_deny.so
    auth    required            pam_permit.so

And switch authentication provider in the Prosody config:

    authentication = "pam"

Compatibility
=============

Compatible with 0.9 and up