diff --git a/authentic2/vendor/dpam/__init__.py b/authentic2/vendor/dpam/__init__.py
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diff --git a/authentic2/vendor/dpam/backends.py b/authentic2/vendor/dpam/backends.py
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+import pam
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+class PAMBackend:
+    def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
+        service = getattr(settings, 'PAM_SERVICE', 'login')
+        if pam.authenticate(username, password, service=service):
+            try:
+                user = User.objects.get(username=username)
+            except:
+                user = User(username=username, password='not stored here')
+
+                if getattr(settings, 'PAM_IS_SUPERUSER', False):
+                  user.is_superuser = True
+
+                if getattr(settings, 'PAM_IS_STAFF', user.is_superuser):
+                  user.is_staff = True
+
+                user.save()
+            return user
+        return None
+
+    def get_user(self, user_id):
+        try:
+            return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            return None
diff --git a/authentic2/vendor/dpam/pam.py b/authentic2/vendor/dpam/pam.py
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+# (c) 2007 Chris AtLee <chris@atlee.ca>
+# Licensed under the MIT license:
+# http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+"""
+PAM module for python
+
+Provides an authenticate function that will allow the caller to authenticate
+a user against the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) on the system.
+
+Implemented using ctypes, so no compilation is necessary.
+"""
+__all__ = ['authenticate']
+
+from ctypes import CDLL, POINTER, Structure, CFUNCTYPE, cast, pointer, sizeof
+from ctypes import c_void_p, c_uint, c_char_p, c_char, c_int
+from ctypes.util import find_library
+
+LIBPAM = CDLL(find_library("pam"))
+LIBC = CDLL(find_library("c"))
+
+CALLOC = LIBC.calloc
+CALLOC.restype = c_void_p
+CALLOC.argtypes = [c_uint, c_uint]
+
+STRDUP = LIBC.strdup
+STRDUP.argstypes = [c_char_p]
+STRDUP.restype = POINTER(c_char) # NOT c_char_p !!!!
+
+# Various constants
+PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF = 1
+PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_ON = 2
+PAM_ERROR_MSG = 3
+PAM_TEXT_INFO = 4
+
+class PamHandle(Structure):
+    """wrapper class for pam_handle_t"""
+    _fields_ = [
+            ("handle", c_void_p)
+            ]
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        Structure.__init__(self)
+        self.handle = 0
+
+class PamMessage(Structure):
+    """wrapper class for pam_message structure"""
+    _fields_ = [
+            ("msg_style", c_int),
+            ("msg", c_char_p),
+            ]
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<PamMessage %i '%s'>" % (self.msg_style, self.msg)
+
+class PamResponse(Structure):
+    """wrapper class for pam_response structure"""
+    _fields_ = [
+            ("resp", c_char_p),
+            ("resp_retcode", c_int),
+            ]
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<PamResponse %i '%s'>" % (self.resp_retcode, self.resp)
+
+CONV_FUNC = CFUNCTYPE(c_int,
+        c_int, POINTER(POINTER(PamMessage)),
+               POINTER(POINTER(PamResponse)), c_void_p)
+
+class PamConv(Structure):
+    """wrapper class for pam_conv structure"""
+    _fields_ = [
+            ("conv", CONV_FUNC),
+            ("appdata_ptr", c_void_p)
+            ]
+
+PAM_START = LIBPAM.pam_start
+PAM_START.restype = c_int
+PAM_START.argtypes = [c_char_p, c_char_p, POINTER(PamConv),
+        POINTER(PamHandle)]
+
+PAM_AUTHENTICATE = LIBPAM.pam_authenticate
+PAM_AUTHENTICATE.restype = c_int
+PAM_AUTHENTICATE.argtypes = [PamHandle, c_int]
+
+def authenticate(username, password, service='login'):
+    """Returns True if the given username and password authenticate for the
+    given service.  Returns False otherwise
+    
+    ``username``: the username to authenticate
+    
+    ``password``: the password in plain text
+    
+    ``service``: the PAM service to authenticate against.
+                 Defaults to 'login'"""
+    @CONV_FUNC
+    def my_conv(n_messages, messages, p_response, app_data):
+        """Simple conversation function that responds to any
+        prompt where the echo is off with the supplied password"""
+        # Create an array of n_messages response objects
+        addr = CALLOC(n_messages, sizeof(PamResponse))
+        p_response[0] = cast(addr, POINTER(PamResponse))
+        for i in range(n_messages):
+            if messages[i].contents.msg_style == PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF:
+                pw_copy = STRDUP(str(password))
+                p_response.contents[i].resp = cast(pw_copy, c_char_p)
+                p_response.contents[i].resp_retcode = 0
+        return 0
+
+    handle = PamHandle()
+    conv = PamConv(my_conv, 0)
+    retval = PAM_START(service, username, pointer(conv), pointer(handle))
+
+    if retval != 0:
+        # TODO: This is not an authentication error, something
+        # has gone wrong starting up PAM
+        return False
+
+    retval = PAM_AUTHENTICATE(handle, 0)
+    return retval == 0
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import getpass
+    print authenticate(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass())