nerc-ceh/puppet-authbind

A puppet module for managing debian authbind mechanism

Authbind

Overview

This is the authbind module, it allows non-privileged users on debian boxes to bind to ports below 1024

Module Description

This module will install and manage the authbind

Setup

What Authbind affects

• Installs the authbind package
• Manages the /etc/authbind directory

Usage

You can enable a specific user to bind to a particluar port by:

authbind::byport { '80': 
	uid => 'mrUser'
}

That is all there is to it :)

Limitations

Authbind only affects debian and only works on ipv4. This module has been tested on ubuntu 12.04 lts

Contributors

Mike Wilson - [email protected] Christopher Johnson - [email protected]