Thanks, that explains a lot (I didn't catch the difference in auth services). Would this be mitigated by putting sss in front of files in nsswitch.conf)?
/etc/nsswitchconf: passwd: files sss shadow: files sss group: files sss Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:14:59 +0200 From: Jakub Hrozek <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] login auth fails then success Message-ID: <20160918201459.uhijnc4gyfykgzic@hendrix> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 06:23:03PM +0000, Larry Rosen wrote: > Sorry I thought I had pasted these previously: > > What other logs do I need to add (maybe from the IPA server)? > > Client system's /var/log/secure: > > Sep 13 19:12:33 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_unix(login:auth): > authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:12:33 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_sss(login:auth): > authentication success; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:18:11 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_unix(login:auth): > authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:18:11 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_sss(login:auth): > authentication success; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:22:52 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_unix(login:auth): > authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:22:53 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_sss(login:auth): > authentication success; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:23:49 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_unix(login:auth): > authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:23:49 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_sss(login:auth): > authentication success; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:28:24 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_unix(login:auth): > authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:28:24 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_sss(login:auth): > authentication success; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:29:27 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_unix(login:auth): > authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web Sep 13 19:29:27 il10-app-xfs udcs: pam_sss(login:auth): > authentication success; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= > user=il10web I think these are expected. Authentication using pam_unix fails because pam_unix doesn't know this particular users and then pam_sss succeeds. I wonder if the best way to deal with the log messages is just to configure logrotate a bit more aggressively? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Crittenden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 1:39 PM > To: Larry Rosen <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] login auth fails then success > > Larry Rosen wrote: > > We have a web app that logs in using a service (automated login > > user, non-expiring, non-failure count) account that leaves these log > > entries all day long. This does not appear to cause any problems, > > it just make my logs grow unnecessarily and creates a lot of "noise" in the > > log. > > > > Any ideas why it initially fails and then works?** > > Logs where? Can we see them? > > rob > > > -- > Manage your subscription for the Freeipa-users mailing list: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users > Go to http://freeipa.org for more info on the project -- Manage your subscription for the Freeipa-users mailing list: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users Go to http://freeipa.org for more info on the project
