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Diffstat (limited to 'src/sss_client/sss_cli.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/sss_client/sss_cli.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/sss_client/sss_cli.h b/src/sss_client/sss_cli.h index 522e0792a..1953db2f4 100644 --- a/src/sss_client/sss_cli.h +++ b/src/sss_client/sss_cli.h @@ -144,7 +144,26 @@ enum sss_cli_command { /* PAM related calls */ SSS_PAM_AUTHENTICATE = 0x00F1, /**< see pam_sm_authenticate(3) for - * details */ + * details. + * + * Additionally we allow sssd to send + * the return code PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD + * during authentication if the + * authentication was successful but + * the authentication token is expired. + * To meet the standards of libpam we + * return PAM_SUCCESS for + * authentication and set a flag so + * that the account management module + * can return PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD if + * sssd return success for account + * management. We do this to reduce the + * communication with external servers, + * because there are cases, e.g. + * Kerberos authentication, where the + * information that the password is + * expired is already available during + * authentication. */ SSS_PAM_SETCRED = 0x00F2, /**< see pam_sm_setcred(3) for * details */ SSS_PAM_ACCT_MGMT = 0x00F3, /**< see pam_sm_acct_mgmt(3) for |