From e4c2447099c0476f8de3b684aa68c1496218e0f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Moger <james.moger@gitblit.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 11:39:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Improve PAM documentation
---
src/site/setup_authentication.mkd | 10 ++++++++--
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd b/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd
index 87b6749..a3bf445 100644
--- a/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd
+++ b/src/site/setup_authentication.mkd
@@ -83,10 +83,16 @@
### PAM Authentication
-PAM authentication is based on the use of libpam4j and JNA. To use this service, your Gitblit server must be installed on a Linux/Unix/MacOSX machine and the user that Gitblit runs-as must have root permissions.
+PAM authentication is based on the use of libpam4j and JNA. To use this service, your Gitblit server must be installed on a Linux/Unix/MacOSX machine.
realm.authenticationProviders = pam
- realm.pam.serviceName = system-auth
+ realm.pam.serviceName = gitblit
+
+Then define a gitblit authentication policy in `/etc/pam.d/gitblit`
+
+ # PAM configuration for the gitblit service
+ # Standard Un*x authentication.
+ @include common-auth
### Htpasswd Authentication
--
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