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AUTHCONFIG(8)							 AUTHCONFIG(8)

NAME
       authconfig,  authconfig-tui  -  an  interface  for  configuring	system
       authentication resources

SYNOPSIS
       authconfig
	      [--nostart]
	      [--enablecache] [--disablecache]
	      [--enablenis
		   [--nisdomain domain] [--nisserver namelist] ]
	      [--disablenis]
	      [--enableshadow] [--disableshadow]
	      [--enablemd5] [--disablemd5]
	      [--enableldap
		   [--enableldapauth]	[--enableldaptls]	 [--ldapserver
	      namelist] [--ldapbasedn basedn]]
	      [--disableldap] [--disableldapauth]
	      [--enablekrb5
		   [	 --krb5realm	 realm	  ]    [--krb5kdc    namelist]
		   [--krb5adminserver	   namelist]	  [--enablekrb5kdcdns]
		   [--disablekrb5kdcdns]     [--enablekrb5realmdns]    [--dis‐
	      ablekrb5realmdns] ]
	      [--disablekrb5]
	      [--enablehesiod
		   [--hesiodlhs lhs] [--hesiodrhs rhs] ] [--disablehesiod]
	      [--enablesmbauth
		   [--smbworkgroup  workgroup]	     [--smbservers  namelist]]
	      [--disablesmbauth]
	      [--enablewinbind
		   [--enablewinbindauth]			[--smbsecurity
	      {user|server|domain|ads}]		    [--smbrealm		realm]
		   [--smbidmapuid=range]   [--smbidmapgid=range]       [--win‐
	      bindseparator=\]		 [--winbindtemplateprimarygroup=group]
		   [--winbindtemplatehomedir=directory]		[--winbindtem‐
	      plateshell=path] ]
	      [--disablewinbind] [--disablewinbindauth]
	      [--enablewinbindusedefaultdomain]
	      [--disablewinbindusedefaultdomain]
	      [--winbindjoin admin] [--enablewins] [--disablewins]
	      {--test|--update|--probe}

DESCRIPTION
       authconfig provides a simple method of configuring  /etc/sysconfig/net‐
       work  to	 handle NIS, as well as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, the files
       used for shadow password support.  Basic	 LDAP,	Kerberos  5,  and  SMB
       (authentication) client configuration is also provided.

       If  --test  action  is  specified, authconfig can be run by users other
       then root, and any configuration changes	 are  not  saved  but  printed
       instead.	  If  --update	action is specified, authconfig must be run by
       root (or through console helper), and configuration changes are	saved.
       The  --probe  action instructs authconfig to use DNS and other means to
       guess at configuration information for  the  current  host,  print  its
       guesses if it finds them to standard output, and exit.

       If  --nostart  is  specified  (which is what the install program does),
       ypbind or other daemons will not be started or stopped immediately fol‐
       lowing  program	execution,  but	 only enabled to start or stop at boot
       time.

       The  --enablenis,  --enableldap,	 --enablewinbind,  and	--enablehesiod
       options	are  used  to configure user information services in /etc/nss‐
       witch.conf, the --enablecache option is used to configure  naming  ser‐
       vices  caching,	and the --enableshadow, --enablemd5, --enableldapauth,
       --enablekrb5, --enablewinbindauth, and --enablesmbauth options are used
       to configure authentication functions via /etc/pam.d/system-auth.  Each
       --enable has a matching --disable option that disables the  service  if
       it  is  already	enabled. The respective services have parameters which
       configure their server names etc.

       The algorithm used for storing new password hashes can be specified  by
       the  --passalgo option which takes one of the following possible values
       as a parameter: descrypt, bigcrypt, md5, sha256, and sha512.

       The --enablelocauthorize	 option	 allows	 to  bypass  checking  network
       authentication  services	 for  authorization and the --enablesysnetauth
       allows authentication of system accounts (with uid < 500) by these ser‐
       vices.

       The  list  of  options mentioned here in the manual page is not exhaus‐
       tive, please refer to authconfig --help for the complete	 list  of  the
       options.

       The  authconfig-tui  supports  all options of authconfig but it implies
       --update as the default action. Its window contains a Cancel button  by
       default.	 If  --back  option is specified at run time, a Back button is
       presented instead. If --kickstart is specified, no interactive  screens
       will  be	 seen. The values the program will use will be those specified
       by the other options (--passalgo, --enableshadow, etc.).

       For namelistyou may substitute either a single name  or	a  comma-sepa‐
       rated list of names.

NOTES
       The authconfig-tui is deprecated. No new configuration settings will be
       supported by its text user interface. Use  system-config-authentication
       GUI application or the command line options instead.

RETURN CODES
       authconfig returns 0 on success, 2 on error.

       authconfig-tui returns 0 on success, 2 on error, and 1 if the user can‐
       celled the program (by using either the Cancel or Back button).

FILES
       /etc/sysconfig/authconfig
	      Used to track whether or	not  particular	 authentication
	      mechanisms  are  enabled.	  Currently  includes variables
	      named USESHADOW, USEMD5, USEKERBEROS, USELDAPAUTH, USESM‐
	      BAUTH,  USEWINBIND,  USEWINBINDAUTH,  USEHESIOD,	USENIS,
	      USELDAP, and others.
       /etc/passwd,
	      Used for shadow password support.
       /etc/yp.conf
	      Configuration file for NIS support.
       /etc/sysconfig/network
	      Another configuration file for NIS support.
       /etc/ldap.conf
	      /etc/openldap/ldap.conf  Used  to	 configure  LDAP   (and
	      OpenLDAP, respectively).
       /etc/krb5.conf
	      Used to configure Kerberos 5.
       /etc/krb.conf
	      Used to configure Kerberos IV (write-only).
       /etc/hesiod.conf
	      Used to configure Hesiod.
       /etc/pam_smb.conf
	      Used to configure SMB authentication.
       /etc/samba/smb.conf
	      Used to configure winbind authentication.
       /etc/nsswitch.conf
	      Used to configure user information services.
       /etc/pam.d/system-auth
	      Common   PAM  configuration  for	system	services  which
	      include it using the include directive. It is created  as
	      symlink and not relinked if it points to another file.
       /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac
	      Contains the actual PAM configuration for system services
	      and is the default target of  the	 /etc/pam.d/system-auth
	      symlink.	If a local configuration of PAM is created (and
	      symlinked	 from  system-auth  file)  this	 file  can   be
	      included there.

SEE ALSO
       passwd(5),  shadow(5), pwconv(1), domainname(1), ypbind(8), nss‐
       witch.conf(5), smb.conf(5)

AUTHORS
       Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com>, Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>,
       Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>, Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>

4th Berkeley Distribution	5 December 2005			 AUTHCONFIG(8)
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