Cyrus SASL-2.1.26
Introduction to Cyrus SASL
The Cyrus SASL package contains a
Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding
authentication support to connection-based protocols. To use SASL,
a protocol includes a command for identifying and authenticating a
user to a server and for optionally negotiating protection of
subsequent protocol interactions. If its use is negotiated, a
security layer is inserted between the protocol and the connection.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.5
platform.
Package Information
Additional Downloads
Cyrus SASL Dependencies
Required
OpenSSL-1.0.1f
Recommended
Berkeley DB-6.0.20
Optional
Linux-PAM-1.1.8, MIT Kerberos
V5-1.12.1, MariaDB-10.0.8 or MySQL-5.6.16,
OpenJDK-1.7.0.51/IcedTea-2.4.5,
OpenLDAP-2.4.39, PostgreSQL-9.3.3, SQLite-3.8.3.1,
krb4
and Dmalloc
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cyrus-sasl
Installation of Cyrus SASL
Note
This package does not support parallel build.
Install Cyrus SASL by running the
following commands:
patch -Np1 -i ../cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-fixes-1.patch &&
autoreconf -fi &&
pushd saslauthd
autoreconf -fi &&
popd
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--enable-auth-sasldb \
--with-dbpath=/var/lib/sasl/sasldb2 \
--with-saslauthd=/var/run/saslauthd &&
make -j1
This package does not come with a test suite. If you are planning
on using the GSSAPI authentication mechanism, it is recommended to
test it after installing the package using the sample server and
client programs which were built in the preceding step.
Instructions for performing the tests can be found at
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/cyrus-sasl.txt.
Now, as the root
user:
make install &&
install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-2.1.26 &&
install -v -m644 doc/{*.{html,txt,fig},ONEWS,TODO} \
saslauthd/LDAP_SASLAUTHD /usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-2.1.26 &&
install -v -dm700 /var/lib/sasl
Command Explanations
--with-dbpath=/var/lib/sasl/sasldb2
:
This switch forces the sasldb database to be created in
/var/lib/sasl
instead of /etc
.
--with-saslauthd=/var/run/saslauthd
:
This switch forces saslauthd to use the FHS
compliant directory /var/run/saslauthd
for variable run-time data.
--enable-auth-sasldb
: This
switch enables SASLDB authentication backend.
--with-dblib=gdbm
: This
switch forces GDBM to be used
instead of Berkeley DB.
--with-ldap
: This switch enables the
OpenLDAP support.
--enable-ldapdb
: This switch enables
the LDAPDB authentication backend. There is a circular dependency
with this parameter. See http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cyrus-sasl
for a solution to this problem.
--enable-java
: This switch enables
compiling of the Java support
libraries.
--enable-login
: This option enables
unsupported LOGIN authentication.
--enable-ntlm
: This option enables
unsupported NTLM authentication.
install -v -m644 ...:
These commands install documentation which is not installed by the
make install command.
install -v -m700 -d
/var/lib/sasl: This directory must exist when
starting saslauthd or
using the sasldb plugin. If you're not going to be running the
daemon or using the plugins, you may omit the creation of this
directory.
Configuring Cyrus SASL
Config
Files
/etc/saslauthd.conf
(for
saslauthd LDAP
configuration) and /etc/sasl2/Appname.conf
(where "Appname" is the
application defined name of the application)
Init Script
If you need to run the saslauthd daemon at system
startup, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/saslauthd
init script included
in the blfs-bootscripts-20140301 package
using the following command:
make install-saslauthd
Note
You'll need to modify /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd and replace the
AUTHMECH
parameter with
your desired authentication mechanism.
Contents
Installed Programs:
pluginviewer, saslauthd,
sasldblistusers2, saslpasswd2 and testsaslauthd
Installed Library:
libsasl2.so
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/sasl, /usr/lib/sasl2,
/usr/share/doc/cyrus-sasl-2.1.26 and /var/lib/sasl
Short Descriptions
pluginviewer
|
is used to list loadable SASL plugins and their
properties.
|
saslauthd
|
is the SASL authentication server.
|
sasldblistusers2
|
is used to list the users in the SASL password database
sasldb2 .
|
saslpasswd2
|
is used to set and delete a user's SASL password and
mechanism specific secrets in the SASL password database
sasldb2 .
|
testsaslauthd
|
is a test utility for the SASL authentication server.
|
libsasl2.so
|
is a general purpose authentication library for server
and client applications.
|
Last updated on 2014-02-25 04:04:57 -0800