We use Active Directory.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Liam Hoekenga <li...@umich.edu> wrote:
> Are you using kerberos on the backend?
>
> Liam
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Michael Ghen <mikeg...@brandeis.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Liam,
>>
>> I am not using the passwd directive. Will using it resolve this issue?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Liam Hoekenga <li...@umich.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> The man page for cosign.conf explains the "Unable to connect to guest
>>> account database" error:
>>>
>>> The keyword passwd is used to control password based
>>> authentication of
>>> a user using the Kerberos and MySQL internal authenticators.
>>> Where this
>>> keyword is not specified, usernames containing an ’@’ are
>>> authenticated
>>> through mysql, all other usernames are authenticated with
>>> Kerberos.
>>>
>>> Are you using the "passwd" directive in your cosign.conf?
>>> If so, what do the entries look like?
>>>
>>> Liam
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Michael Ghen <mikeg...@brandeis.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> My name is Mike and I work at Brandeis University where we use Cosign.
>>>> Recently, we've noticed that when a user enters their username with @
>>>> brandeis.edu at the end, they recieve this error: "Unable to connect
>>>> to guest account database."
>>>>
>>>> We're trying to remove this error so that user can still sign in but
>>>> we're unsure about where it is generated. We think that cosign is appending
>>>> "@brandeis.edu" before it looks up the account which would make the
>>>> username have "...@brandeis....@brandeis.edu." We could not find
>>>> anything in the configuration files to suggest that is the case. While we
>>>> explore other options, I figured I would reach out for help from the Cosign
>>>> community. If anyone has any suggestions or can offer any guidance, please
>>>> let me know.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
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