Re: [webmin-l] Webmin users authenticating via PAM

[Fran F. <fr...@ci...>]

I should also add that Authen::PAM is installed, and the pam config file 
looks like:

#%PAM-1.0
auth    required        pam_unix.so     nullok
account required        pam_unix.so
session required        pam_unix.so

Thanks,
Fran

Fran Fabrizio wrote:
> For some reason, I cannot get Webmin users with PAM-based password 
> authentication to LDAP working on my install.  Our LDAP-based users are 
> able to log into the server that hosts Webmin, but not Webmin itself 
> when I configure them as Use Unix Authentication.
> 
> The particulars:
> 
> - Fedora Core 4 with webmin-1.280-1 RPM
> - PAM configured via authconfig to authenticate users to LDAP, which 
> works for logging into the server itself
> - In Webmin Configuration -> Authentication, I've selected Use PAM for 
> Unix authentication
> - In Webmin Users, I've entered the names of 3 accounts known to exist 
> in LDAP and which work for logging into the server itself.  I've set 
> these accounts to Use UNIX authentication.
> - IP access control is configured to allow from all addresses
> 
> The LDAP-based logins all fail, with just a simple "invalid login from 
> user fran from ip x.x.x.x" message in the /var/log/secure log file. 
> Logins for users local to the server (namely, root) work fine.
> 
> Anyone know 1. what I am missing and 2. how to turn on more verbose logging?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Fran
> 


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Fran Fabrizio
Senior Systems Analyst
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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