# (c) 2007 Chris AtLee # Licensed under the MIT license: # http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php """ PAM module for python Provides an authenticate function that will allow the caller to authenticate a user against the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) on the system. Implemented using ctypes, so no compilation is necessary. """ __all__ = ['authenticate'] from ctypes import CDLL, POINTER, Structure, CFUNCTYPE, cast, pointer, sizeof from ctypes import c_void_p, c_uint, c_char_p, c_char, c_int LIBPAM = CDLL("libpam.so") LIBC = CDLL("libc.so.6") CALLOC = LIBC.calloc CALLOC.restype = c_void_p CALLOC.argtypes = [c_uint, c_uint] STRDUP = LIBC.strdup STRDUP.argstypes = [c_char_p] STRDUP.restype = POINTER(c_char) # NOT c_char_p !!!! # Various constants PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF = 1 PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_ON = 2 PAM_ERROR_MSG = 3 PAM_TEXT_INFO = 4 class PamHandle(Structure): """wrapper class for pam_handle_t""" _fields_ = [ ("handle", c_void_p) ] def __init__(self): Structure.__init__(self) self.handle = 0 class PamMessage(Structure): """wrapper class for pam_message structure""" _fields_ = [ ("msg_style", c_int), ("msg", c_char_p), ] def __repr__(self): return "" % (self.msg_style, self.msg) class PamResponse(Structure): """wrapper class for pam_response structure""" _fields_ = [ ("resp", c_char_p), ("resp_retcode", c_int), ] def __repr__(self): return "" % (self.resp_retcode, self.resp) CONV_FUNC = CFUNCTYPE(c_int, c_int, POINTER(POINTER(PamMessage)), POINTER(POINTER(PamResponse)), c_void_p) class PamConv(Structure): """wrapper class for pam_conv structure""" _fields_ = [ ("conv", CONV_FUNC), ("appdata_ptr", c_void_p) ] PAM_START = LIBPAM.pam_start PAM_START.restype = c_int PAM_START.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_char_p, POINTER(PamConv), POINTER(PamHandle)] PAM_AUTHENTICATE = LIBPAM.pam_authenticate PAM_AUTHENTICATE.restype = c_int PAM_AUTHENTICATE.argtypes = [PamHandle, c_int] def authenticate(username, password, service='login'): """Returns True if the given username and password authenticate for the given service. Returns False otherwise ``username``: the username to authenticate ``password``: the password in plain text ``service``: the PAM service to authenticate against. Defaults to 'login'""" @CONV_FUNC def my_conv(n_messages, messages, p_response, app_data): """Simple conversation function that responds to any prompt where the echo is off with the supplied password""" # Create an array of n_messages response objects addr = CALLOC(n_messages, sizeof(PamResponse)) p_response[0] = cast(addr, POINTER(PamResponse)) for i in range(n_messages): if messages[i].contents.msg_style == PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF: pw_copy = STRDUP(password) p_response.contents[i].resp = cast(pw_copy, c_char_p) p_response.contents[i].resp_retcode = 0 return 0 # STRDUP expects byte strings if isinstance(password, unicode): password = str(password) handle = PamHandle() conv = PamConv(my_conv, 0) retval = PAM_START(service, username, pointer(conv), pointer(handle)) if retval != 0: # TODO: This is not an authentication error, something # has gone wrong starting up PAM return False retval = PAM_AUTHENTICATE(handle, 0) return retval == 0 if __name__ == "__main__": import getpass print authenticate(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass())