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Yubico PAM Single-factor configuration guide
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Step by Step Guide for Configuration of Yubico PAM module to provide single
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factor YubiKey OTP authentication for RADIUS server.
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Introduction
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The purpose of this document is to guide readers through the configuration
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steps to enable single factor authentication using YubiKey and RADIUS server
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on Linux platform. This document assumes that the reader has advance knowledge
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and experience in Linux system administration, particularly how to configure
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PAM authentication mechanism on a Linux platform.
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Details
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Prerequisites
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Successful configuration of the Yubico PAM module to support single factor
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authentication for RADIUS requires following prerequisites:
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* Operating System: Any Unix operating system which supports PAM
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(Pluggable Authentication Module)
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(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/)
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* Complier : GNU GCC complier (http://gcc.gnu.org/)
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* FreeRADIUS: FreeRADIUS Version: 1.1.7 or *later*
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(http://freeradius.org/download.html)
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* Yubico PAM Module: Yubico PAM Module Version 1.8
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2014-04-30 13:13:52 +02:00
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(https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-pam/)
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2014-04-30 11:03:40 +02:00
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Configuration
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Configuration of FreeRADIUS server to support PAM authentication :
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* Edit the radiusd configuration file “/etc/raddb/radiusd.conf” to make
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following changes:
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* Change user and group to “root” to provide the root privileges to
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radiusd daemon so that it can call and use pam modules for authentication.
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NOTE: Generally, it is not a good security practice to assign root
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privileges to a user for a daemon. However, since use of PAM requires root
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privileges, this is a mandatory step here.
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* In “authenticate” section uncomment pam to direct radiusd daemon to use PAM
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module for authentication
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* Edit the client configuration file “/etc/raddb/clients.conf”
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Add sample client for testing
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* Edit the user configuration file “/etc/raddb/users” to make following change:
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Change "DEFAULT Auth-Type = System" to "DEFAULT Auth-Type = pam" for using
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PAM modules for user authentication
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Installation of pam_yubico module :
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Build instructions for pam_yubico are available in the README.
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2015-10-05 10:07:56 +02:00
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(https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-pam/)
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Configuration of pam_yubico module :
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Configuration instructions for pam_yubico are also available in the README.
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2015-10-05 10:07:56 +02:00
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(https://developers.yubico.com/yubico-pam/)
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2014-04-30 11:03:40 +02:00
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_Make sure you set your system up for either central authorization mapping,
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or user level mapping, as this will control which users can connect to the
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system using RADIUS._
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Configuration of modified pam_yubico.so module at administrative level :
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Append the following line to the beginning of /etc/pam.d/radiusd file:
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auth required pam_yubico.so id=16 debug authfile=/etc/yubikey_mappings
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After the above configuration changes, whenever a user connects to the
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server using any RADIUS client, the PAM authentication interface will pass
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the control to Yubico PAM module.
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The Yubico PAM module first checks the presence of authfile argument in PAM
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configuration. If authfile argument is present, it parses the corresponding
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mapping file and verifies the username with corresponding YubiKey PublicID
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as configured in the mapping file.
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If valid, the Yubico PAM module extracts the OTP string and sends it to the
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Yubico authentication server or else it reports failure. If authfile argument
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is present but the mapping file is not present at the provided path PAM
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module reports failure. After successful verification of OTP Yubico PAM module
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from the Yubico authentication server, a success code is returned.
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User Level :
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Although, user level configuration of pam_yubico is possible, this might not
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be a desired configuration option in case of radisud daemon in most enterprise.
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Configuration of selinux policy to create exception for radiusd daemon :
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Local effective selinux policy must be updated to provide sufficient
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privileges to radiusd daemon on system resources. Please follow the steps below
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to configure effective selinux policy for radiusd daemon:
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* Start the radiusd daemon
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* Test the RADIUS authentication with the test case provided in “Testing the
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configuration” section below
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* As radiusd daemon doesn’t have sufficient selinux privileges to access the
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system resources required for using pam modules, the RADIUS authentication
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will fail.
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* This will create the logs in either “/var/log/messages” or in
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“/var/log/audit/audit.log” depending on the selinux configuration.
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* We can use audit2allow utility to provide selinux privileges to radiusd by
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using following sequence of commands:
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[root@testsrv ~]# audit2allow -m local -l -i /var/log/messages > local.te
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[root@testsrv ~]# checkmodule -M -m -o local.mod local.te
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[root@testsrv ~]# semodule_package -o local.pp -m local.mod
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[root@testsrv ~]# semodule -i local.pp
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For more selinux policy updating information and explanation of above commands
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please visit the following website:
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http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385
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Configuration of FreeRADIUS PAM file :
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FreeRADIUS server first authorizes presence of user in the configured database
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and then authenticates it.
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In a single factor YubiKey authentication, we must provide a PAM mechanism to
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authorize the presence of user.
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We are using “pam_listfile.so” PAM module to provide a PAM mechanism to
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authorize the presence of user. For this, we need to provide a file containing
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authorized user names to the “pam_listfile.so” file. This file should contain
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user names with only one user name on each line as follows:
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For example:
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paul
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The user_name file must be created/updated manually before configuration of
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Yubico PAM module for RADIUS authentication. Once this file is ready, we need
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to edit the FreeRADIUS PAM configuration file “/etc/pam.d/radiusd” and replace
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its contents with following lines:
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auth sufficient pam_yubico.so id=16 debug authfile=/etc/yubikeyid
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account required pam_listfile.so onerr=fail item=user sense=allow file=<Absolute path of file containing user names>
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Test Setup :
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Our test environment is as follows:
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* Operating System: Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
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* FreeRADIUS Server : FreeRADIUS Version 1.1.7 and Version 2.1.3
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* Yubico PAM: pam_yubico Version 1.8
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* "/etc/pam.d/radiusd" file:
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auth sufficient pam_yubico.so id=16 debug authfile=/etc/yubikeyid
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account required pam_listfile.so onerr=fail item=user sense=allow file=/etc/yubicousers
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Testing the configuration :
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We have tested the pam_yubico configuration on following Linux sever platforms:
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* Fedora 8:
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* Operating system: Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
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* FreeRADIUS Server : FreeRADIUS Version 1.1.7 and Version 2.1.3
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* Yubico PAM: pam_yubico Version 1.8
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* Fedora 6:
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* Operating system: Fedora Core release 6 (Zod)
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* FreeRADIUS Server : FreeRADIUS Version 1.1.7 and Version 2.1.3
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* Yubico PAM: pam_yubico Version 1.8
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To test the RADIUS single factor authentication with YubiKey, we can use
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“radtest” radius client. The command is as follows:
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[root@testsrv ~]# radtest {username} \
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{password followed by YubiKey generated OTP} \
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{radius-server}:{radius server port} \
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{nas-port-number} \
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{secret/ppphint/nasname}
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[root@testsrv ~]# radtest test vrkvfefuitvfvgu...ildbdk 127.0.0.1 0 testing123
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Note :
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The FreeRADIUS server version 1.1.3 seems to have problems regarding memory
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management and it may result in Segmentation Fault if configured with Yubico
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PAM module. We recommend using FreeRADIUS server version 1.1.7 or above.
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