[Cryptography] Does anyone here know PAM?

Michael Kjörling michael at kjorling.se
Tue Apr 4 12:59:38 EDT 2017


On 4 Apr 2017 10:04 -0400, from phill at hallambaker.com (Phillip Hallam-Baker):
> * If PAM is the way to go, where might I find a working example for using
> the login password to unlock a private keystore?
> 
> * Has someone already done this for GPG Agent?

I haven't tried it myself, but something like
https://github.com/cruegge/pam-gnupg looks like a decent starting
point. It is described as a way to "Unlock GnuPG keys on login" by
being "A PAM module that hands over your login password to
gpg-preset-passphrase.".

-- 
Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.semichael at kjorling.se
                 “People who think they know everything really annoy
                 those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup)


More information about the cryptography mailing list