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| ====== Integration With UNIX/Linux User Database ====== | ====== Integration With UNIX/Linux User Database ====== | ||
| + | **Contacts**: | ||
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| + | ===== Abstract ===== | ||
| The goal of this work is to develop an extension module for sip-router that | The goal of this work is to develop an extension module for sip-router that | ||
| - | will provide support for authentication, | + | will provide support for authentication, |
| - | UNIX way, that is ''/ | + | UNIX way**, that is ''/ |
| user's home directory. With this module loaded the sip-router server will be | user's home directory. With this module loaded the sip-router server will be | ||
| - | able to integrate with services and databases commonly available in UNIX | + | able to integrate with name services and databases commonly available in UNIX-like |
| systems. | systems. | ||
| - | Every non-trivial sip-router requires a database server to store all kinds of | + | ===== State of the Art ===== |
| - | data particular to the operation of the SIP server. All users' data, such as | + | Every non-trivial sip-router |
| + | of data particular to the operation of the SIP server. All users' data, such as | ||
| authentication usernames, passwords and user location contacts, is then stored | authentication usernames, passwords and user location contacts, is then stored | ||
| in the database. The administrator usually needs to populate the database with | in the database. The administrator usually needs to populate the database with | ||
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| provisioning tools and maintenance. | provisioning tools and maintenance. | ||
| + | ===== Goals ===== | ||
| The aim of this work is to develop an extension module for sip-router which | The aim of this work is to develop an extension module for sip-router which | ||
| will interface to the database abstraction layer in sip-router on one side to | will interface to the database abstraction layer in sip-router on one side to | ||
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| Modules) system for authorization, | Modules) system for authorization, | ||
| - | ===== Required features | + | ==== Required features ==== |
| - | ==== Version 1 (strawman) | + | === Version 1 (strawman) === |
| * Use ''/ | * Use ''/ | ||
| * Digest authentication password stored in '' | * Digest authentication password stored in '' | ||
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| * Authorization to use the service using ''/ | * Authorization to use the service using ''/ | ||
| - | ==== Version 2 (deluxe) | + | === Version 2 (deluxe) === |
| * PAM-enabled authorization | * PAM-enabled authorization | ||
| * Selected configuration for a user (a set of name-value pairs) can be stored in a plain-text file in '' | * Selected configuration for a user (a set of name-value pairs) can be stored in a plain-text file in '' | ||
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| * Tool to administer the digest password in '' | * Tool to administer the digest password in '' | ||
| - | ===== Overview of operation | + | ===== Overview of Operation |
| The administator of a Linux host installs the sip-router. The sip-router comes | The administator of a Linux host installs the sip-router. The sip-router comes | ||
| with a default configuration file with all important features, such as digest | with a default configuration file with all important features, such as digest | ||
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| The adminstrator decides to let user jan use the newly installed SIP | The adminstrator decides to let user jan use the newly installed SIP | ||
| server. The administrator creates a new user with adduser: | server. The administrator creates a new user with adduser: | ||
| - | | + | |
| - | # adduser jan | + | < |
| + | # adduser jan | ||
| + | </ | ||
| and after filling all the personal information the user is created in the | and after filling all the personal information the user is created in the | ||
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| initial digest authentication password for the user: | initial digest authentication password for the user: | ||
| - | | + | < |
| + | # sippasswd jan | ||
| + | </ | ||
| The tool saves the password in ''/ | The tool saves the password in ''/ | ||
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| configuration by editing '' | configuration by editing '' | ||
| + | ===== Reading List ===== | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| + | * [[http:// | ||
| + | * '' | ||
| + | * '' | ||
| + | * '' | ||
| + | | ||
