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<p><b>New page</b></p><div># Using PAM & HTTP Auth for reverse proxy<br />
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nginx -v<br />
nginx version: nginx/1.14.0 (Ubuntu)<br />
<br />
nano /etc/pam.d/nginx<br />
```<br />
@include common-auth<br />
```<br />
<br />
In nginx site server config add<br />
```<br />
location /secure {<br />
auth_pam "My secured location";<br />
auth_pam_service_name "nginx";<br />
}<br />
```<br />
<br />
add permission for nginx user to /etc/shadow<br />
```<br />
sudo usermod -aG shadow www-data<br />
```<br />
<br />
Check /etc/nginx/nginx.conf for the account used for nginx www-data. It can sometimes be configured to nobody.<br />
<br />
add user<br />
```<br />
adduser myuser --gecos ""<br />
```<br />
<br />
# Handling Requests<br />
<br />
<br />
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40645270/nginx-auth-request-handler-accessing-post-request-body<br />
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# Resources</div>
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