Details about the -pam-pass | -no-pam-pass Unattended Install Option for the Fan-out Driver

  • Document ID:7006467
  • Creation Date:19-Jul-2010
  • Modified Date:26-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Identity Manager

Environment

Novell Identity Manager 3.6.1
Novell Identity Manager Driver - Core Fan Out
Novell Identity Manager Driver - Linux and UNIX - Fan Out

Situation

The documentation mentions a -pam-pass | -no-pam-pass option for the unattended install but only says it is to specify whether PAM should be auto-configured for password publishing.  How does it do this?

Resolution

It's attempting to auto-configure PAM to redirect password changes.  It effects how passwords are changed from the linux hosts.  It writes to the PAM configuration files in this order:
/etc/pam.conf
/etc/pam.d/common-password
/etc/pam.d/passwd
/etc/pam.d/other

If all those are missing, it stops with an error.