wiki:linux:configure_smart_card_authentication_ubuntu
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Configure Smart Card Auth on Ubuntu 20.04
Install pre-requisite packages
apt install -y opensc gdm3
Note: Make sure to select GDM as the default display manager, since this does not yet work with LightDM.
Copy in PAM PKCS11 config
This assumes you have the pam_pkcs11.conf file in your home.
cp ~/pam_pkcs11.conf /etc/pam_pkcs11/
Setup CA Certs
rmdir /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts
ln -s /usr/local/share/ca-certificates /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts
cd /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts; pkcs11_make_hash_link
Configure PAM
We need to remove the pam_pkcs11 call from common-auth
and add it to gdm-password
so that SSH sessions can pass along without smartcard auth:
In /etc/pam.d/common-auth
remove:
auth [success=2 default=0] pam_pkcs11.so
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/gdm-password
AFTER the @include common-auth
line:
auth [success=ok default=bad] pam_pkcs11.so
Finishing Up
Reboot the system and test!
wiki/linux/configure_smart_card_authentication_ubuntu.txt · Last modified: 2025/01/07 12:37 by Greg