Prashanth Sundaram wrote: > Here is my /etc/pam.d/ldapserver > > auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_krb5.so use_first_pass > forwardable > > password sufficient /lib/security/pam_krb5.so use_authtok > > session optional /lib/security/pam_krb5.so > > account sufficient /lib/security/pam_krb5.so > ~ > ~ > > > To revisit, here's the observation: pamsecure when set to TRUE authenticates > users only to the password in 389-ds, but when set to FALSE will > authenticate to the AD password only if the uid exists in /etc/passwd. > That's really bizarre - the only place where pamSecure is used is here: if (cfg->pamptconfig_secure) { /* is a secure connection required? */ int is_ssl = 0; slapi_pblock_get(pb, SLAPI_CONN_IS_SSL_SESSION, &is_ssl); if (!is_ssl) { slapi_log_error( SLAPI_LOG_PLUGIN, PAM_PASSTHRU_PLUGIN_SUBSYSTEM, "<= connection not secure (secure connection required; check config)"); return retcode; } } That is, if pamSecure is true, requests will be rejected unless using TLS/SSL. Do you have your directory server configured to use TLS/SSL when using pamSecure: TRUE? > > On 9/22/09 10:36 AM, "Rich Megginson" <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote: > > >> Prashanth Sundaram wrote: >> >>> The account in /etc/passwd.. >>> >> Seems like a pam problem and/or misconfiguration then - if it finds the >> entry using pam_krb5, it should never look at /etc/passwd. >> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Prashanth Sundaram wrote: >>> >>> >>> Yes, it works when there is a matching local user account. >>> >>> do you mean an account in /etc/passwd? or an account in LDAP? >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> -- >>> 389 users mailing list >>> 389-users redhat com >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users >>> >>> >>> >>> > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3258 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20090922/bc480d11/attachment.bin