[Freeipa-users] User can't login via ssh from external

[Rob Crittenden]

Joe Linoff wrote:
> Hi Folks:
>
> I managed to get the user working doing the following (all from the CLI):
>
> 1.Deleted the user (ipa user-del new-user)
>
> 2.Re-added the user
>
> 3.Add the user to administrator groups.
>
> 4.Changed/set the password.
>
> 5.Removed the administrator privileges.
>
> 6.Attempt report ssh login.
>
> Steps 3 and 5 are a hack but I can demonstrate that /not /doing them
> causes the strange login problem. I can also show that the HBAC rules
> are enforced properly after step 5 is run so this works for me. I just
> don’t understand why it is necessary.

Are you performing a login between steps 3 and 5? Otherwise all that 
does is add a member/memberof and then remove it. I don't see how this 
would affect anything.

rob

> Thank you for all of your help and suggestions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe
>
> *From:*Joe Linoff
> *Sent:* Monday, July 23, 2012 1:51 PM
> *To:* sgallagh at redhat.com; dpal at redhat.com
> *Cc:* freeipa-users at redhat.com; Joe Linoff
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeipa-users] User can't login via ssh from external
>
> Hi Stephen and Dmitri:
>
> Thank you for the sshd GSSAPI configuration suggestion. I tried it this
> morning but it didn’t work. That particular user is still not able to
> login. What is even more interesting is that I created a user with the
> identical setup and the new user worked (i.e., they were able to ssh in
> remotely).
>
> I am really confused by this because it does not appear to be a global
> setup issue like ssh. It may be some sort of HBAC rule violation or
> something else equally strange. I just can’t figure it out.
>
> Can you suggest any other ways to troubleshoot this?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
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