From 404bda536fb92334b2047ab6d36cf31c1d5ef70e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Miotte Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 19:48:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adding an hint for PAM authentification on Linux. As said, if PAM is configured to check against the system files, the user running Radicale must have the proper permissions. --- pages/user_documentation.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/pages/user_documentation.rst b/pages/user_documentation.rst index 580219e3..83aa024b 100644 --- a/pages/user_documentation.rst +++ b/pages/user_documentation.rst @@ -827,6 +827,11 @@ The PAM authentication module relies on `the pam module `_, and thus only works with 2.x versions of Python. +Bear in mind that on Linux systems, if you're authenticating against PAM +files (i.e. ``/etc/shadow``), the user running Radicale must have the right +permissions. For instance, you might want to add the ``radicale`` user +to the ``shadow`` group. + HTTP Authentication -------------------