Re: Authentication for KDE/GNOME

[Yossef Korang <yossef@yossefk.com>]

This is what /var/log/messages is showing(tried logging in a couple of 
times, using gnome and kde)

Jul  2 14:01:31 nuc003 gdm(pam_unix)[1260]: authentication failure; 
logname= uid
=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=
Jul  2 14:01:31 nuc003 gdm[1260]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user 
"uid=yo
ssefk,dc=solomon,dc=physics,dc=sc,dc=edu" (Invalid credentials)
Jul  2 14:01:34 nuc003 gdm[1260]: Couldn't authenticate user
Jul  2 14:01:41 nuc003 gdm(pam_unix)[1260]: check pass; user unknown
Jul  2 14:01:41 nuc003 gdm(pam_unix)[1260]: authentication failure; 
logname= uid
=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=
Jul  2 14:01:41 nuc003 gdm[1260]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user 
"uid=yo
ssefk,dc=solomon,dc=physics,dc=sc,dc=edu" (Invalid credentials)
Jul  2 14:01:43 nuc003 gdm[1260]: Couldn't authenticate user
Jul  2 14:01:49 nuc003 gdm(pam_unix)[1260]: check pass; user unknown
Jul  2 14:01:49 nuc003 gdm(pam_unix)[1260]: authentication failure; 
logname= uid
=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=
Jul  2 14:01:49 nuc003 gdm[1260]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user 
"uid=yo
ssefk,dc=solomon,dc=physics,dc=sc,dc=edu" (Invalid credentials)
Jul  2 14:01:51 nuc003 gdm[1260]: Couldn't authenticate user
Jul  2 14:01:56 nuc003 gdm(pam_unix)[1260]: check pass; user unknown
Jul  2 14:01:56 nuc003 gdm(pam_unix)[1260]: authentication failure; 
logname= uid
=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=
Jul  2 14:01:56 nuc003 gdm[1260]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user 
"uid=yo
ssefk,dc=solomon,dc=physics,dc=sc,dc=edu" (Invalid credentials)
Jul  2 14:01:59 nuc003 gdm[1260]: Couldn't authenticate user



Tibbetts, Ric wrote:

> Ok, that looks pretty much like mine.
> So what isn't working? Have you looked for errors in the log files to 
> see what's happening?
>
> Ric
>
> Yossef Korang-Beheshti wrote:
>
> > Here's the system-auth file:
> > #%PAM-1.0
> > # This file is auto-generated.
> > # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run.
> > auth        required      /lib/security/pam_env.so
> > auth        sufficient    /lib/security/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
> > auth        sufficient    /lib/security/pam_ldap.so use_first_pass
> > auth        required      /lib/security/pam_deny.so
> >
> > account     required      /lib/security/pam_unix.so
> > account     required      /lib/security/pam_ldap.so
> >
> > password    required      /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 type=
> > password    sufficient    /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok 
> > use_authtok md5
> > shadow
> > password    sufficient    /lib/security/pam_ldap.so use_authtok
> > password    required      /lib/security/pam_deny.so
> >
> > session     required      /lib/security/pam_limits.so
> > session     required      /lib/security/pam_unix.so
> > session     optional      /lib/security/pam_ldap.so
> >
> > I'm not sure which part has to do with KDE/GNOME's problems..
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tibbetts, Ric" 
> > <ric.tibbetts@ngc.com>
> > To: "Yossef Korang-Beheshti" <yossef@yossefk.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:07 AM
> > Subject: Re: Authentication for KDE/GNOME
> >
> >
> >
> > > What version of RedHat. On 8 & 9 look in:
> > >
> > > /etc/pam.d/system-auth
> > >
> > > -Ric
> > >
> > >
> > > Yossef Korang-Beheshti wrote:
> > >
> > > > The system is running Redhat, and man on pam.conf says it ought to 
> > > > be at
> > > > /etc/pam.conf, but that isn't there.  I used authconfig to enable ldap
> > > > for authentication.
> > > >
> > > >    ----- Original Message -----
> > > >    *From:* Terry.Inzauro@infoUSA.com 
> > > > <mailto:Terry.Inzauro@infoUSA.com>
> > > >    *To:* yossef@yossefk.com <mailto:yossef@yossefk.com> ;
> > > >    openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> >
> > <mailto:openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
> >
> > > >    *Sent:* Monday, June 30, 2003 5:48 PM
> > > >    *Subject:* RE: Authentication for KDE/GNOME
> > > >
> > > >    You may want to double check you pam.conf.
> > > >
> > > >        -----Original Message-----
> > > >        *From:* Yossef Korang-Beheshti [mailto:yossef@yossefk.com]
> > > >        *Sent:* Monday, June 30, 2003 4:35 PM
> > > >        *To:* openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> > > >        <mailto:openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org>
> > > >        *Subject:* Authentication for KDE/GNOME
> > > >
> > > >        I've run into a problem that the authentication fails when I 
> > > > try
> > > >        to log on with KDE or GNOME, but works fine for ssh, su, etc.
> > > >        I can't find anything addressing this issue, so any help would
> > > >        be appreciated at pointing me to the error that I must have
> >
> > done.
> >
> > > >        Thanks.