# HG changeset patch
# User Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
# Date 1376605235 -7200
# Node ID 5b53e4534f65892d2bbd347c698e5ce4084f42f9
# Parent  0045196dc6b9caf64833dee17a72e6ec741b57e6
Add page about mod_auth_pam

diff -r 0045196dc6b9 -r 5b53e4534f65 mod_auth_pam.wiki
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/mod_auth_pam.wiki	Fri Aug 16 00:20:35 2013 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#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