Cannot login to Active Directory account on Fedora 14 desktop
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Cannot login to Active Directory account on Fedora 14 desktop
Hello, I had my laptop set up to allow logging in with an AD account using winbind and samba. I had cached password login working too. After I upgraded from 13 to 14, now I cannot login to the gdm (xfce) using my AD account, but I CAN login using it on a text console, OR I can login with a local account and su to the AD account. The only error I'm getting at login is
Nov 30 08:27:46 my-laptop pam: gdm-password[2181]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=myusername
Nov 30 08:27:46 my-laptop pam: gdm-password[2181]: pam_winbind(gdm-password:auth): user 'myusername' granted access
Nov 30 17:06:09 my-laptop pam: gdm-password[5106]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=myusername
Nov 30 17:06:09 my-laptop pam: gdm-password[5106]: pam_winbind(gdm-password:auth): user 'myusername' granted access
Nov 30 19:10:18 my-laptop pam: gdm-password[2057]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=myusername
Nov 30 19:10:18 my-laptop pam: gdm-password[2057]: pam_winbind(gdm-password:auth): user 'myusername' granted access
When I login, it appears to give me success (the pam_unix failure is due to it being an Active Directory account authenticated through winbind), but it just takes me right back to the gdm login screen.
If you take a look at /etc/pam.d/gdm-password you should be able to add 'debug' at the end of the pam_unix and pam_winbind lines in the auth section. My version of /etc/pam.d/gdm-password doesn't contain these directly but includes /etc/pam.d/password-auth so you may need to find the correct file.
It's the pam_unix module that's failing not winbind, could you please post the content of the gdm-password file, or the relevant file if it's an include ?
I had this exact same problem, and in my case the 'culprit' was Active Directory trying to warn me that the password was about to expire. This warning message was presented to me in the login box and the login failed. I will report it as a gdm bug.
For 2 different users I first confirmed both had the problem, then I changed one password from a windows client and the other by logging in to a console window on the linux client and use 'passwd'. Both users immediately started working in gdm again.
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