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1 #summary Authentication via external script/process |
| 179 | 2 #labels Stage-Alpha,Type-Auth |
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4 = Introduction = |
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6 Allow client authentication to be handled by an external script/process. |
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| 396 | 8 = Installation = |
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| 10 mod_auth_external depends on a Lua module called [http://www.tset.de/lpty/ lpty]. You can install it on many platforms using [http://luarocks.org/ LuaRocks], for example: | |
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| 13 sudo luarocks install lpty | |
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| 16 Note: Earlier versions of the module did not depend on lpty. While using the newer version is strongly recommended, you can find the [https://prosody-modules.googlecode.com/hg-history/50ee38e95e754bf1034d980364f93564028b2f34/mod_auth_external/mod_auth_external.lua older version here] if you need it (revision 50ee38e95e75 of the repository). | |
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18 = Configuration = |
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20 As with all auth modules, there is no need to add this to modules_enabled. Simply add in the global section, or for the relevant hosts: |
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22 {{{ |
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23 authentication = "external" |
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24 }}} |
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26 These options are specific to mod_auth_external: |
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28 ||external_auth_protocol||May be "generic" or "ejabberd" (the latter for compatibility with ejabberd external auth scripts. Default is "generic".|| |
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29 ||external_auth_command||The command/script to execute.|| |
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| 31 Two other options are also available, depending on whether the module is running in 'blocking' or 'non-blocking' mode: | |
| 32 ||external_auth_timeout||blocking||The number of seconds to wait for a response from the auth process. Default is 5.|| | |
| 33 ||external_auth_processes||non-blocking||The number of concurrent processes to spawn. Default is 1, increase to handle high connection rates efficiently.|| | |
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| 35 == Blocking vs non-blocking == | |
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| 37 Non-blocking mode is automatically activated when: | |
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| 39 * Running Prosody trunk ([http://prosody.im/nightly/ nightly] build 414+). | |
| 40 * [http://prosody.im/doc/libevent libevent] is enabled in the config, and LuaEvent is available. | |
| 41 * lpty (see installation above) is version 1.0.1 or later. | |
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43 = Protocol = |
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45 Prosody executes the given command/script, and sends it queries. |
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47 Your auth script should simply read a line from standard input, and write the result to standard output. |
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48 It must do this in a loop, until there's nothing left to read. Prosody can keep sending more lines to the script, |
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49 with a command on each line. |
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51 Each command is one line, and the response is expected to be a single line containing "0" for failure or "1" for success. |
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52 Your script must respond with "0" for anything it doesn't understand. |
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54 There are three commands used at the moment: |
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56 == auth == |
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57 Check if a user's password is valid. |
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59 Example: {{{auth:username:example.com:abc123}}} |
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61 Note: The password can contain colons. Make sure to handle that. |
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63 == isuser == |
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64 Check if a user exists. |
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66 Example: {{{isuser:username:example.com}}} |
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68 == setpass == |
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69 Set a new password for the user. Implementing this is optional. |
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71 Example: {{{setpass:username:example.com:abc123}}} |
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73 Note: The password can contain colons. Make sure to handle that. |
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75 == ejabberd compatibilty == |
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76 ejabberd implements a similar protocol. The main difference is that Prosody's protocol is line-based, while ejabberd's is length-prefixed. |
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78 Add this to your config if you need to use an ejabberd auth script: |
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79 {{{ |
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80 external_auth_protocol = "ejabberd" |
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81 }}} |
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83 = Compatibility = |
| 396 | 84 ||0.8||Works|| |
| 85 ||0.9||Works|| |