#summary PAM authentication module
#labels Stage-Alpha,Type-Auth

= 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