Client auth LDAP on CentOS

You can run authconfig-gtk to get an idea of the things authconfig can modify.

screenshots of GUI

In general most of the information in these tabs is manipulating information under the directory /etc/sysconfig. There are a number of files there that pertain to the configuration of a RedHat based distro such as Fedora, CentOS, or RHEL.

For example, there’s a file called, ironically, authconfig which contains the choices from the dialogs in the screenshots above.

$ more /etc/sysconfig/authconfig
USEMKHOMEDIR=no
USEPAMACCESS=no
CACHECREDENTIALS=yes
USESSSDAUTH=no
USESHADOW=yes
USEWINBIND=no
USEDB=no
FORCELEGACY=no
USEFPRINTD=no
FORCESMARTCARD=no
PASSWDALGORITHM=sha512
USELDAPAUTH=no
USEPASSWDQC=no
USELOCAUTHORIZE=yes
USECRACKLIB=yes
USEWINBINDAUTH=no
USESMARTCARD=no
USELDAP=no
USENIS=no
USEKERBEROS=no
USESYSNETAUTH=no
USESSSD=no
USEHESIOD=no