Mud authentication Module. (authlibmud) Version 0.1 This module allows muddleftpd 1.3.4 and above authenticate against player files on a mud server. Note: This module is designed to run on a non-root execution of muddleftpd. It does not provide uid, gid information about a user. Note: This module does not provide any information other than the success of authenticating a user. No home or root directory information is passed on. You will need to configure these things in the config file. Note: You may need to modify the code to get this to work on your mud. YMMV. Contact me if you have any difficulties. DEPENDANCIES: None. However this module is useless unless you are using muddleftpd 1.3.4 or better. Without modifing the code, authlibmud assumes: * People level 21 and above are wizards and can login. * Passwords in the player files are encrypted using the unix crypt() call. * The fields for the level and password in the player file are labeled "Level" and "Password" in the same order. BUILDING: To build, execute the following in the authlibmud source directory: ./configure make Then the file libauthmud.so can be copied to the directory you with to store muddleftpd modules in. This directory must be secure, so users cannot overwrite the module with a cracked version. A good suggestion would be to store it in the same dir as the muddleftpd server config files, typically /etc/muddleftpd USAGE: In the groups that you wish authlibmud to authenticate, you need to use the following to tell muddleftpd to use the authlibmud module, replacing the directory with the directory the authentication module is stored in: authmethod /etc/muddleftpd/libauthmud.so To configure libauthmud, the following directives have been added. You must specify these in the group section that is being configured. playerfile This is the path and filename of the user filename. You should construct this using the %U token, so it changes depending on who is logging in. For example if player files are stored in /usr/local/mud/players//.passwd then you would use in the config file: playerfile /usr/local/mud/players/%(0,0)U/%U.passwd GROUP EFFECTS: If the player file is found, and the player has a level greater than 20, then authlibmud will accept the username and authenticate for it. If the player file is found, but the player has a level less than or equal to 20, then authentication is cancelled. If the player file is not found, authlibmud will pass the username to the next group section. AUTHORS: Beau Kuiper (support@muddleftpd.cx)