1 /*************************************************
2 * Exim - an Internet mail transport agent *
3 *************************************************/
5 /* Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 1995 - 2018 */
6 /* Copyright (c) The Exim Maintainers 2020 - 2021 */
7 /* See the file NOTICE for conditions of use and distribution. */
8 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
12 /* This module contains functions that call the PAM authentication mechanism
13 defined by Sun for Solaris and also available for Linux and other OS.
15 We can't just compile this code and allow the library mechanism to omit the
16 functions if they are not wanted, because we need to have the PAM headers
17 available for compiling. Therefore, compile these functions only if SUPPORT_PAM
18 is defined. However, some compilers don't like compiling empty modules, so keep
19 them happy with a dummy when skipping the rest. Make it reference itself to
20 stop picky compilers complaining that it is unused, and put in a dummy argument
21 to stop even pickier compilers complaining about infinite loops.
22 Then use a mutually-recursive pair as gcc is just getting stupid. */
25 static void dummy(int x);
26 static void dummy2(int x) { dummy(x-1); }
27 static void dummy(int x) { dummy2(x-1); }
28 #else /* SUPPORT_PAM */
31 #include <pam/pam_appl.h>
33 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
36 /* According to the specification, it should be possible to have an application
37 data pointer passed to the conversation function. However, I was unable to get
38 this to work on Solaris 2.6, so static variables are used instead. */
40 static int pam_conv_had_error;
41 static const uschar *pam_args;
42 static BOOL pam_arg_ended;
46 /*************************************************
47 * PAM conversation function *
48 *************************************************/
50 /* This function is passed to the PAM authentication function, and it calls it
51 back when it wants data from the client. The string list is in pam_args. When
52 we reach the end, we pass back an empty string once. If this function is called
53 again, it will give an error response. This is protection against something
57 num_msg number of messages associated with the call
58 msg points to an array of length num_msg of pam_message structures
59 resp set to point to the response block, which has to be got by
61 appdata_ptr the application data pointer - not used because in Solaris
62 2.6 it always arrived in pam_converse() as NULL
64 Returns: a PAM return code
68 pam_converse (int num_msg, PAM_CONVERSE_ARG2_TYPE **msg,
69 struct pam_response **resp, void *appdata_ptr)
72 struct pam_response *reply;
74 /* It seems that PAM frees reply[] */
77 || !(reply = malloc(sizeof(struct pam_response) * num_msg)))
80 for (int i = 0; i < num_msg; i++)
83 switch (msg[i]->msg_style)
85 case PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_ON:
86 case PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF:
87 if (!(arg = string_nextinlist(&pam_args, &sep, NULL, 0)))
92 reply[i].resp = strdup(CCS arg); /* Use libc malloc, PAM frees resp directly*/
93 reply[i].resp_retcode = PAM_SUCCESS;
96 case PAM_TEXT_INFO: /* Just acknowledge messages */
98 reply[i].resp_retcode = PAM_SUCCESS;
102 default: /* Must be an error of some sort... */
104 pam_conv_had_error = TRUE;
115 /*************************************************
116 * Perform PAM authentication *
117 *************************************************/
119 /* This function calls the PAM authentication mechanism, passing over one or
123 s a colon-separated list of strings
124 errptr where to point an error message
126 Returns: OK if authentication succeeded
127 FAIL if authentication failed
128 ERROR some other error condition
132 auth_call_pam(const uschar *s, uschar **errptr)
134 pam_handle_t *pamh = NULL;
135 struct pam_conv pamc;
140 /* Set up the input data structure: the address of the conversation function,
141 and a pointer to application data, which we don't use because I couldn't get it
142 to work under Solaris 2.6 - it always arrived in pam_converse() as NULL. */
144 pamc.conv = pam_converse;
145 pamc.appdata_ptr = NULL;
147 /* Initialize the static data - the current input data, the error flag, and the
148 flag for data end. */
151 pam_conv_had_error = FALSE;
152 pam_arg_ended = FALSE;
154 /* The first string in the list is the user. If this is an empty string, we
155 fail. PAM doesn't support authentication with an empty user (it prompts for it,
156 causing a potential mis-interpretation). */
158 user = string_nextinlist(&pam_args, &sep, NULL, 0);
159 if (user == NULL || user[0] == 0) return FAIL;
161 /* Start off PAM interaction */
164 debug_printf("Running PAM authentication for user \"%s\"\n", user);
166 pam_error = pam_start ("exim", CS user, &pamc, &pamh);
168 /* Do the authentication - the pam_authenticate() will call pam_converse() to
169 get the data it wants. After successful authentication we call pam_acct_mgmt()
170 to apply any other restrictions (e.g. only some times of day). */
172 if (pam_error == PAM_SUCCESS)
174 pam_error = pam_authenticate (pamh, PAM_SILENT);
175 if (pam_error == PAM_SUCCESS && !pam_conv_had_error)
176 pam_error = pam_acct_mgmt (pamh, PAM_SILENT);
179 /* Finish the PAM interaction - this causes it to clean up store etc. Unclear
180 what should be passed as the second argument. */
182 pam_end(pamh, PAM_SUCCESS);
184 /* Sort out the return code. If not success, set the error message. */
186 if (pam_error == PAM_SUCCESS)
188 DEBUG(D_auth) debug_printf("PAM success\n");
192 *errptr = US pam_strerror(pamh, pam_error);
193 DEBUG(D_auth) debug_printf("PAM error: %s\n", *errptr);
195 if (pam_error == PAM_USER_UNKNOWN ||
196 pam_error == PAM_AUTH_ERR ||
197 pam_error == PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED)
203 #endif /* SUPPORT_PAM */
205 /* End of call_pam.c */