pam_netns

what is this

Simple demonstration applying pre-configured network namespaces to user session using Pluggable Authentication Modules.

Awesome/awful, should I use it?

Probably not.

Requirements

pam_python

Example

Configure a network namespace using ip netns:

ip netns add ns0

# loopback up
ip netns exec ns0 ip link set dev lo up

NOTE: By default namespaces configured with ip netns are not preserved across reboots. You need to write your own script to restore them on boot.

Place configuration in /etc/security/pam_netns.conf. Configuration file contains one username and network namespace name per line. To map user test to ns0:

test ns0

Configure PAM to use this module when creating a session. For debian based distributions add to the end of /etc/pam.d/common-session:

optional pam_python.so /etc/secirity/pam_python/pam_netns.py

Possible options:

config=<path> use alternative location for configuration file. Default: /etc/security/pam_netns.conf
log=<path> additional logging to a separate log. Default: empty (no logging)
debug more verbose logging

Bugs