Re: Authentication progress

[Norbert Klasen <norbert.klasen@daasi.de>]

--On Donnerstag, 30. August 2001 09:46 -0600 Robert Harris 
<rharris@raindance.com> wrote:

> when I try to SSH from one box to my test box I'm still getting this in my
> auth file:
>
> Aug 30 07:53:40 spirit sshd[185]: Faking authloop for illegal user rharris
> from 10.10.117.230 port 34535
>
> However, when I login on my console I see this:
>
> Spirit Login:  rharris
> Password: (pass not displayed)
> LDAP Password: (Pass not displayed)
> Login incorrect
>
> and this in my auth file:
>
> Aug 30 08:53:44 spirit PAM_unix[199]: check pass; user unknown
> Aug 30 08:53:44 spirit PAM_unix[199]: authentication failure; LOGIN(uid=0)
> -> rharris for login service
> Aug 30 08:53:50 spirit login[199]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on `tty1' FOR
> `UNKNOWN', Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info.
>
> my user ID is "rharris", my ldap server has an entry for "uid" and
> "uidNumber" where uid=rharris and uidNumber=1012.
>
> Thoughts?

As root do a "getent passwd" and see if rharris occurs in the list. If not, 
you'll probably have some problems with your nss_ldap setup.

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