Smartcard integration with PAM

This has been tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with a Feitian PKI (FTCOS/PK-01C) smartcard and a generic USB smartcard reader.

reference: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1557180

The general steps:

• Erase and initialize card
• Create public/private key pair on smartcard
• Generate X.509 certificate with our email address as a subjectAltName value
• Configure PAM to use the PKCS#11 module

The details:

1. Install smartcard middleware and libraries

   sudo apt-get install pcscd opensc libengine-pkcs11-openssl libpam-pkcs11

2. Erase smartcard

   pkcs15-init -E

3. Initialize smartcard

   pkcs15-init --create-pkcs15 -p pkcs15+onepin --pin 1234 --puk 4321

4. Create public/private key pair on smartcard

   pkcs15-init -G rsa/2048 -i 01 -a 01 -u sign --pin 1234

5. Generate a self-signed certificate

   openssl req -config openssl_pkcs11.conf -new -x509 -days 90 -keyform engine -engine pkcs11 -key slot_1-id_01 -out ~/my_cert.pem

6. Store the cert on your card

   pkcs15-init -X ~/my_cert.pem -i 01 -a 01 --format pem

7. Configure the pkcs11 pam module

   sudo mkdir -p /etc/pam_pkcs11/{,cacerts,crls}

   zcat /usr/share/doc/libpam-pkcs11/examples/pam_pkcs11.conf.example.gz | sudo tee /etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf

   sudo cp ~/my_cert.pem /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts/

   cd /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts && sudo pkcs11_make_hash_link

   echo "me@website.example -> userid" | sudo tee /etc/pam_pkcs11/mail_mapping

   Edit the "module = /usr/lib/opensc-pkcs11.so" line of /etc/pam_pkcs11/pam_pkcs11.conf to point to the right location of the module on your system

8. Configure your PAM modules For example: add auth sufficient pam_pkcs11.so to the top of /etc/pam.d/common-auth