Authenticate user/password with PAM in BeginSessionRequest()

remoting/host/user_auth_pam.cc

+// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "remoting/host/user_auth_pam.h"
+
+#include <security/pam_appl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace remoting {
+
+// Private Implementation pattern to avoid leaking PAM types, and the
+// conversation function, into the header file.
+class UserAuthPamPimpl {
+ public:
+  explicit UserAuthPamPimpl(UserAuthPam* user_auth_pam);
+  ~UserAuthPamPimpl();
+  bool Authenticate(const std::string& username,
+                    const std::string& password);
+
+ private:
+  // Conversation function passed to PAM as a callback.
+  static int convFunction(int num_msg,

[Sergey Ulanov, 2011/02/11 19:35:20]

Capital C. Function names and class names must always be CamelCase except
accessors_and_mutators:
http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml#Function_Names

+                          const struct pam_message** msg,
+                          struct pam_response** resp,
+                          void* appdata_ptr);
+
+  UserAuthPam* user_auth_pam_;
+  pam_handle_t* pam_handle_;
+
+  // Store these for the PAM conversation function.
+  std::string username_;
+  std::string password_;
+};
+
+UserAuthPamPimpl::UserAuthPamPimpl(UserAuthPam* user_auth_pam)
+    : user_auth_pam_(user_auth_pam) {
+}
+
+UserAuthPamPimpl::~UserAuthPamPimpl() {
+}
+
+bool UserAuthPamPimpl::Authenticate(const std::string& username,
+                                    const std::string& password) {
+  username_ = username;
+  password_ = password;
+  struct pam_conv c;
+  c.conv = convFunction;
+  c.appdata_ptr = static_cast<void*>(this);
+  // TODO(lambroslambrou): Allow PAM service name to be configurable.
+  if (pam_start("chromoting", username_.c_str(), &c, &pam_handle_) !=
+      PAM_SUCCESS) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // TODO(lambroslambrou): Move to separate thread.
+  int pam_status = pam_authenticate(pam_handle_, 0);
+  pam_end(pam_handle_, pam_status);
+  return pam_status == PAM_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+// static
+int UserAuthPamPimpl::convFunction(int num_msg,
+                                   const struct pam_message** msg,
+                                   struct pam_response** resp,
+                                   void* appdata_ptr) {
+  if (num_msg <= 0)
+    return PAM_CONV_ERR;
+  UserAuthPamPimpl* user_auth =
+      reinterpret_cast<UserAuthPamPimpl*>(appdata_ptr);
+  // Must allocate with malloc(), as the calling PAM module will
+  // release the memory with free().
+  struct pam_response* resp_tmp = reinterpret_cast<struct pam_response*>(
+      malloc(num_msg * sizeof(struct pam_response)));
+  if (resp_tmp == NULL)
+    return PAM_CONV_ERR;
+  bool raise_error = false;
+  // On exit from the loop, 'count' will hold the number of initialised items
+  // that the cleanup code needs to look at, in case of error.
+  int count;
+  for (count = 0; count < num_msg; count++) {
+    // Alias for readability.
+    struct pam_response& r = resp_tmp[count];
+    r.resp_retcode = 0;
+    r.resp = NULL;
+    switch (msg[count]->msg_style) {
+      case PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_ON:
+        r.resp = strdup(user_auth->username_.c_str());
+        if (r.resp == NULL)
+          raise_error = true;
+        break;
+      case PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF:
+        r.resp = strdup(user_auth->password_.c_str());
+        if (r.resp == NULL)
+          raise_error = true;
+        break;
+      case PAM_TEXT_INFO:
+        // No response needed, continue with next prompt.
+        break;
+      default:
+        // Unexpected style code, so abort.
+        raise_error = true;
+    }
+    if (raise_error)
+      break;
+  }
+
+  if (raise_error) {
+    // Not passing the response back, so free up any memory used.
+    for (int n = 0; n < count; n++) {
+      if (resp_tmp[n].resp) {
+        free(resp_tmp[n].resp);
+      }
+    }
+    free(resp_tmp);
+    return PAM_CONV_ERR;
+  } else {
+    *resp = resp_tmp;
+    return PAM_SUCCESS;
+  }
+}
+
+UserAuthPam::UserAuthPam()
+    : pimpl_(new UserAuthPamPimpl(this)) {
+}
+
+UserAuthPam::~UserAuthPam() {
+}
+
+bool UserAuthPam::Authenticate(const std::string& username,
+                               const std::string& password) {
+  return pimpl_->Authenticate(username, password);
+}
+
+}  // namespace remoting