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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am using free-ipa 2.2 to manage LDAP/DNS for about a dozen CentOS 6.3 servers on a small network. I am having a problem where a user cannot log into a host even though “ipa hbactest” says the he is authorized. This user can log into other hosts where “ipa hbactest” says he is authorized. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the problem in a nutshell:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'># Works for host1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>$ <b>ssh user1@host1<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>user1@host1’s password: <top-secret><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Last login …<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>[user1@host1 ~] echo “SUCCESS”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>SUCCESS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'># Fails for host2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>$ <b>ssh user1@host2</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Password: <top-secret><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Permission denied (publickey, gssapi-keyex, gssapi-with-mic, keyboard-interactive).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'># hbactest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>$ <b>ipa hbactest --user=user1 --host=host1 --service==sshd</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Access granted: True<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><output snipped><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'># hbactest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>$ <b>ipa hbactest --user=user1 --host=host2 --service==sshd<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Access granted: True<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><output snipped><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>It seems that free-ipa thinks that everything is copacetic so there must be something different on the hosts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I looked at /etc/ssh/sshd.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/sssd/sssd.conf on both hosts but didn’t see anything that looked out of whack. I also tried “ssh -vvv” but wasn’t sure how to interpret the results. I am using an NFS automount /home setup so both are using the same ~/.ssh.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am not sure how to debug this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do you know why the password prompt is different? That may be a clue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can you suggest some other things that I can try?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any help would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>