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Himmelblau is available for openSUSE Tumbleweed (via the official repositories), and for Leap and SUSE Linux Enterprise via the OBS network:idm repository.

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Supported versions

DistributionVersion
openSUSE TumbleweedRolling
openSUSE Leap15.5, 15.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15SP5, SP6, SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise 16GA

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Installation

Himmelblau is in the Tumbleweed distribution repositories. Refresh and install directly:
sudo zypper ref && sudo zypper in himmelblau nss-himmelblau pam-himmelblau himmelblau-sso
You can also download packages manually from the Himmelblau downloads page.

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Post-installation setup

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Disable nscd

The Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd) conflicts with Himmelblau’s NSS module. Stop and mask it before continuing: 
sudo systemctl stop nscd
sudo systemctl disable nscd
sudo systemctl mask nscd

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Configure NSS

Copy the system nsswitch.conf template and add himmelblau to the passwd, group, and shadow databases: 
sudo cp /usr/etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf
Then edit /etc/nsswitch.conf so the three lines read: 
passwd:     compat systemd himmelblau
group:      compat systemd himmelblau
shadow:     compat systemd himmelblau
Verify a user resolves correctly after starting the daemon: 
getent passwd [email protected]

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Configure PAM

On openSUSE and SLE, the pam-himmelblau package installs a pam-config fragment. The PAM stack is managed by pam-config(8), so you typically do not need to edit files by hand. If you need to verify or manually apply the configuration, the installed fragment is located at /usr/share/pam-config/pam_himmelblau.so and includes the following stacks:
StackEntry
Authauth sufficient pam_himmelblau.so ignore_unknown_user set_authtok (priority 800)
Accountaccount sufficient pam_himmelblau.so ignore_unknown_user (priority 300)
Passwordpassword sufficient pam_himmelblau.so ignore_unknown_user set_authtok (priority 100)
Sessionsession optional pam_himmelblau.so (priority 2300)
Only modify PAM configuration files directly if you understand the syntax. An incorrect PAM stack can prevent all users from logging in, including root. Test changes in a separate session before closing your current one.
For a complete reference on PAM and NSS configuration, see PAM & NSS setup.

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