Overview

This backend delegates the authentication to an external script.

Requires the SASL PLAIN method.

Script API specification

All "commands" sent from Erlang VM to the script are prefixed with a 2-byte unsigned integer (command length), MSB first. The script is expected to return responses in the same format.

Currently only 2 response packets are supported:

  • 0x0000 = false (for failure).
  • 0x0001 = true (for success).

The following list describes packets that the script should support.

  • auth:<username>:<domain>:<password> - Check password.
  • setpass:<username>:<domain>:<password> - Set password.
  • tryregister:<username>:<domain>:<password> - Register a user.
  • removeuser:<username>:<domain> - Remove a user.
  • isuser:<username>:<domain> - Check if a user exists.

Configuration options

  • extauth_program
    • Description: Path to the authentication script used by the external auth module.