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Using Authentication
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====================
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Module: mod_auth
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:Author: Jan Kneschke
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:Date: $Date$
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:Revision: $Revision$
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:abstract:
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The auth module provides ...
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.. meta::
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:keywords: lighttpd, authentication
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.. contents:: Table of Contents
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Description
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===========
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Supported Methods
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-----------------
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lighttpd supportes both authentication method described by
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RFC 2617:
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basic
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`````
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The Basic method transfers the username and the password in
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cleartext over the network (base64 encoded) and might result
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in security problems if not used in conjunction with a crypted
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channel between client and server.
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digest
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``````
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The Digest method only transfers a hashed value over the
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network which performs a lot of work to harden the
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authentication process in insecure networks.
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Backends
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--------
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Depending on the method lighttpd provides various way to store
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the credentials used for the authentication.
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for basic auth:
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- plain_
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- htpasswd_
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- htdigest_
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- ldap_
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for digest auth:
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- plain_
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- htdigest_
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plain
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A file which contains username and the cleartext password
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seperated by a colon. Each entry is terminated by a single
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newline.::
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e.g.:
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agent007:secret
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htpasswd
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````````
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A file which contains username and the crypt()'ed password
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seperated by a colon. Each entry is terminated by a single
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newline. ::
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e.g.:
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agent007:XWY5JwrAVBXsQ
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You can use htpasswd from the apache distribution to manage
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those files. ::
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$ htpasswd lighttpd.user.htpasswd agent007
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htdigest
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A file which contains username, realm and the md5()'ed
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password seperated by a colon. Each entry is terminated
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by a single newline. ::
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e.g.:
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agent007:download area:8364d0044ef57b3defcfa141e8f77b65
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You can use htdigest from the apache distribution to manage
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those files. ::
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$ htdigest lighttpd.user.htdigest 'download area' agent007
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Using md5sum can also generate the password-hash: ::
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#!/bin/sh
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user=$1
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realm=$2
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pass=$3
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hash=`echo -n "$user:$realm:$pass" | md5sum | cut -b -32`
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echo "$user:$realm:$hash"
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To use it:
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$ htdigest.sh 'agent007' 'download area' 'secret'
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agent007:download area:8364d0044ef57b3defcfa141e8f77b65
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ldap
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````
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the ldap backend is basically performing the following steps
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to authenticate a user
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1. connect anonymously (at plugin init)
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2. get DN for filter = username
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3. auth against ldap server
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4. disconnect
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if all 4 steps are performed without any error the user is
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authenticated
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Configuration
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::
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## debugging
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# 0 for off, 1 for 'auth-ok' messages, 2 for verbose debugging
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auth.debug = 0
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## type of backend
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# plain, htpasswd, ldap or htdigest
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auth.backend = "htpasswd"
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# filename of the password storage for
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# plain
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auth.backend.plain.userfile = "lighttpd-plain.user"
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## for htpasswd
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auth.backend.htpasswd.userfile = "lighttpd-htpasswd.user"
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## for htdigest
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auth.backend.htdigest.userfile = "lighttpd-htdigest.user"
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## for ldap
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# the $ in auth.backend.ldap.filter is replaced by the
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# 'username' from the login dialog
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auth.backend.ldap.hostname = "localhost"
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auth.backend.ldap.base-dn = "dc=my-domain,dc=com"
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auth.backend.ldap.filter = "(uid=$)"
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# if enabled, startTLS needs a valid (base64-encoded) CA
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# certificate
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auth.backend.ldap.starttls = "enable"
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auth.backend.ldap.ca-file = "/etc/CAcertificate.pem"
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## restrictions
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# set restrictions:
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#
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# ( <left-part-of-the-url> =>
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# ( "method" => "digest"/"basic",
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# "realm" => <realm>,
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# "require" => "user=<username>" )
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# )
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#
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# <realm> is a string to display in the dialog
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# presented to the user and is also used for the
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# digest-algorithm and has to match the realm in the
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# htdigest file (if used)
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#
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auth.require = ( "/download/" =>
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(
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"method" => "digest",
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"realm" => "download archiv",
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"require" => "user=agent007|user=agent008"
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),
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"/server-info" =>
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(
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"method" => "digest",
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"realm" => "download archiv",
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"require" => "valid-user"
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)
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)
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Limitations
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============
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- The implementation of digest method is currently not
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completely compliant with the standard as it still allows
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a replay attack.
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