<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Resources</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE=" User Authentication HOWTO " HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Tying it all together" HREF="x316.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Conclusion" HREF="x437.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >User Authentication HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x316.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x437.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN376" ></A >6. Resources</H1 ><P > There are a number of resources, both online and offline, where you can more information about user authentication. If you know of any resources that ought to be added to this list, drop me a line at <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:petehern@yahoo.com" >petehern@yahoo.com</A >></TT > </P ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN380" ></A >6.1. PAM</H2 ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam.html" TARGET="_top" >Linux-PAM System Administrator's Guide</A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam_modules.html" TARGET="_top" >Linux-PAM Module Writer's Manual</A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam_modules.html" TARGET="_top" >Linux-PAM Application Developer's Manual</A > </P ></LI ></UL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN392" ></A >6.2. General Security</H2 ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://www.linuxsecurity.com/" TARGET="_top" >linuxsecurity.com</A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://www.securitywatch.com" TARGET="_top" >securitywatch.com</A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >Security HOWTO</A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://packetstorm.securify.com" TARGET="_top" >Packetstorm</A > </P ></LI ></UL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN407" ></A >6.3. Offline Documentation</H2 ><P > A lot of information can be gathered from your system's manual pages. The following are some manpages relating to user authentication. The number in parentheses refers to the manpage section. To view the passwd(5) manpage, you would enter <TT CLASS="USERINPUT" ><B >man 5 passwd</B ></TT >. </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="CITEREFENTRY" ><SPAN CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE" >passwd</SPAN >(5)</SPAN > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="CITEREFENTRY" ><SPAN CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE" >crypt</SPAN >(3)</SPAN > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="CITEREFENTRY" ><SPAN CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE" >pam.d</SPAN >(5)</SPAN > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="CITEREFENTRY" ><SPAN CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE" >group</SPAN >(5)</SPAN > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <SPAN CLASS="CITEREFENTRY" ><SPAN CLASS="REFENTRYTITLE" >shadow</SPAN >(5)</SPAN > </P ></LI ></UL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x316.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x437.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Tying it all together</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Conclusion</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >