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Old 07-13-2016, 11:52 PM   #1
Ruwan Ranganath
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Registered: Jul 2016
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Authentication vsftpd account using remote LDAP user


I'm trying to authenticate vsftpd from LDAP logins which hosted remotely another server .

vsftpd hosted on `Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64)` amazon aws .

from the LDAP server i have these details .

Quote:
user : cn=demo,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
Password : testpasswd
Base DN : dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
User Base : ou=user,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
and a ca_serv.pem to authenticate which included in `/etc/ssl/certs/` and added references to `/etc/ldap/ldap.conf​` as `TLS_CACERT /etc/ssl/certs/ca_serv.pem`

my `/etc/pam.d/vsftpd` is like this .

Code:
# Standard behaviour for ftpd(8).
    auth    required        pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed
    
    # Note: vsftpd handles anonymous logins on its own. Do not enable pam_ftp.so.
    
    # Standard pam includes
    @include common-account
    @include common-session
    @include common-auth
    auth    required      pam_shells.so
    
    auth    required        pam_ldap.so
    account required        pam_ldap.so
    session sufficient      pam_ldap.so
    password        required        pam_ldap.so
    session required        pam_ldap.so
when i commented `auth required pam_shells.ssufficiento` in here I no longer can `ftp localhost` to users created locally.

`/etc/ldap.conf` file

Code:
  ###DEBCONF###
    ##
    ## Configuration of this file will be managed by debconf as long as the
    ## first line of the file says '###DEBCONF###'
    ##
    ## You should use dpkg-reconfigure to configure this file via debconf
    ##
    
    #
    # @(#)$Id: ldap.conf,v 1.38 2006/05/15 08:13:31 lukeh Exp $
    #
    # This is the configuration file for the LDAP nameservice
    # switch library and the LDAP PAM module.
    #
    # PADL Software
    # http://www.padl.com
    #
    
    # Your LDAP server. Must be resolvable without using LDAP.
    # Multiple hosts may be specified, each separated by a 
    # space. How long nss_ldap takes to failover depends on
    # whether your LDAP client library supports configurable
    # network or connect timeouts (see bind_timelimit).
    #host 127.0.0.1
    
    # The distinguished name of the search base.
    #base dc=example,dc=net
    base  dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    
    # Another way to specify your LDAP server is to provide an
    # Unix Domain Sockets to connect to a local LDAP Server.
    #uri ldap://127.0.0.1/
   uri ldaps://ldap.foobar.com:636
    
    # Note: %2f encodes the '/' used as directory separator
    
    # The LDAP version to use (defaults to 3
    # if supported by client library)
    ldap_version 3
    
    # The distinguished name to bind to the server with.
    # Optional: default is to bind anonymously.
    #binddn cn=proxyuser,dc=padl,dc=com
    
    # The credentials to bind with. 
    # Optional: default is no credential.
    #bindpw secret
    
    # The distinguished name to bind to the server with
    # if the effective user ID is root. Password is
    # stored in /etc/ldap.secret (mode 600)
    #rootbinddn cn=manager,dc=example,dc=net
    rootbindddn cn=foo,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    
    # The port.
    # Optional: default is 389.
    #port 389
    
    # The search scope.
    #scope sub
    #scope one
    #scope base
    
    # Search timelimit
    #timelimit 30
    
    # Bind/connect timelimit
    #bind_timelimit 30
    
    # Reconnect policy: hard (default) will retry connecting to
    # the software with exponential backoff, soft will fail
    # immediately.
    #bind_policy hard
    
    # Idle timelimit; client will close connections
    # (nss_ldap only) if the server has not been contacted
    # for the number of seconds specified below.
    #idle_timelimit 3600
    
    # Filter to AND with uid=%s
    #pam_filter objectclass=account
    
    # The user ID attribute (defaults to uid)
    #pam_login_attribute uid
    
    # Search the root DSE for the password policy (works
    # with Netscape Directory Server)
    #pam_lookup_policy yes
    
    # Check the 'host' attribute for access control
    # Default is no; if set to yes, and user has no
    # value for the host attribute, and pam_ldap is
    # configured for account management (authorization)
    # then the user will not be allowed to login.
    #pam_check_host_attr yes
    
    # Check the 'authorizedService' attribute for access
    # control
    # Default is no; if set to yes, and the user has no
    # value for the authorizedService attribute, and
    # pam_ldap is configured for account management
    # (authorization) then the user will not be allowed
    # to login.
    #pam_check_service_attr yes
    
    # Group to enforce membership of
    #pam_groupdn cn=PAM,ou=Groups,dc=padl,dc=com
    
    # Group member attribute
    #pam_member_attribute uniquemember
    
    # Specify a minium or maximum UID number allowed
    #pam_min_uid 0
    #pam_max_uid 0
    
    # Template login attribute, default template user
    # (can be overriden by value of former attribute
    # in user's entry)
    #pam_login_attribute userPrincipalName
    #pam_template_login_attribute uid
    #pam_template_login nobody
    
    # HEADS UP: the pam_crypt, pam_nds_passwd,
    # and pam_ad_passwd options are no
    # longer supported.
    #
    # Do not hash the password at all; presume
    # the directory server will do it, if
    # necessary. This is the default.
    pam_password md5
    
    # Hash password locally; required for University of
    # Michigan LDAP server, and works with Netscape
    # Directory Server if you're using the UNIX-Crypt
    # hash mechanism and not using the NT Synchronization
    # service. 
    #pam_password crypt
    
    # Remove old password first, then update in
    # cleartext. Necessary for use with Novell
    # Directory Services (NDS)
    #pam_password clear_remove_old
    #pam_password nds
    
    # RACF is an alias for the above. For use with
    # IBM RACF
    #pam_password racf
    
    # Update Active Directory password, by
    # creating Unicode password and updating
    # unicodePwd attribute.
    #pam_password ad
    # Use the OpenLDAP password change
    # extended operation to update the password.
    #pam_password exop
    
    # Redirect users to a URL or somesuch on password
    # changes.
    #pam_password_prohibit_message Please visit http://internal to change your password.
    
    # RFC2307bis naming contexts
    # Syntax:
    # nss_base_XXX        base?scope?filter
    # where scope is {base,one,sub}
    # and filter is a filter to be &'d with the
    # default filter.
    # You can omit the suffix eg:
    # nss_base_passwd    ou=People,
    # to append the default base DN but this
    # may incur a small performance impact.
    #nss_base_passwd    ou=People,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_shadow    ou=People,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_group        ou=Group,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_hosts        ou=Hosts,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_services    ou=Services,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_networks    ou=Networks,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_protocols    ou=Protocols,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_rpc        ou=Rpc,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_ethers    ou=Ethers,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_netmasks    ou=Networks,dc=padl,dc=com?ne
    #nss_base_bootparams    ou=Ethers,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_aliases    ou=Aliases,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    #nss_base_netgroup    ou=Netgroup,dc=padl,dc=com?one
    
    # attribute/objectclass mapping
    # Syntax:
    #nss_map_attribute    rfc2307attribute    mapped_attribute
    #nss_map_objectclass    rfc2307objectclass    mapped_objectclass
    
    # configure --enable-nds is no longer supported.
    # NDS mappings
    #nss_map_attribute uniqueMember member
    
    # Services for UNIX 3.5 mappings
    #nss_map_objectclass posixAccount User
    #nss_map_objectclass shadowAccount User
    #nss_map_attribute uid msSFU30Name
    #nss_map_attribute uniqueMember msSFU30PosixMember
    #nss_map_attribute userPassword msSFU30Password
    #nss_map_attribute homeDirectory msSFU30HomeDirectory
    #nss_map_attribute homeDirectory msSFUHomeDirectory
    #nss_map_objectclass posixGroup Group
    #pam_login_attribute msSFU30Name
    #pam_filter objectclass=User
    #pam_password ad
    
    # RFC 2307 (AD) mappings
    #nss_map_objectclass posixAccount user
    #nss_map_objectclass shadowAccount user
    #nss_map_attribute uid sAMAccountName
    #nss_map_attribute homeDirectory unixHomeDirectory
    #nss_map_attribute shadowLastChange pwdLastSet
    #nss_map_objectclass posixGroup group
    #nss_map_attribute uniqueMember member
    #pam_login_attribute sAMAccountName
    #pam_filter objectclass=User
    #pam_password ad
    
    # configure --enable-authpassword is no longer supported
    # AuthPassword mappings
    #nss_map_attribute userPassword authPassword
    
    # AIX SecureWay mappings
    #nss_map_objectclass posixAccount aixAccount
    #nss_base_passwd ou=aixaccount,?one
    #nss_map_attribute uid userName
    #nss_map_attribute gidNumber gid
    #nss_map_attribute uidNumber uid
    #nss_map_attribute userPassword passwordChar
    #nss_map_objectclass posixGroup aixAccessGroup
    #nss_base_group ou=aixgroup,?one
    #nss_map_attribute cn groupName
    #nss_map_attribute uniqueMember member
    #pam_login_attribute userName
    #pam_filter objectclass=aixAccount
    #pam_password clear
    
    # Netscape SDK LDAPS
    #ssl on
    
    # Netscape SDK SSL options
    #sslpath /etc/ssl/certs
    
    # OpenLDAP SSL mechanism
    # start_tls mechanism uses the normal LDAP port, LDAPS typically 636
    #ssl start_tls
    #ssl on
    
    # OpenLDAP SSL options
    # Require and verify server certificate (yes/no)
    # Default is to use libldap's default behavior, which can be configured in
    # /etc/openldap/ldap.conf using the TLS_REQCERT setting.  The default for
    # OpenLDAP 2.0 and earlier is "no", for 2.1 and later is "yes".
    #tls_checkpeer yes
    
    # CA certificates for server certificate verification
    # At least one of these are required if tls_checkpeer is "yes"
    #tls_cacertfile /etc/ssl/ca.cert
    #tls_cacertdir /etc/ssl/certs
    
    # Seed the PRNG if /dev/urandom is not provided
    #tls_randfile /var/run/egd-pool
    
    # SSL cipher suite
    # See man ciphers for syntax
    #tls_ciphers TLSv1
    
    # Client certificate and key
    # Use these, if your server requires client authentication.
    #tls_cert
    #tls_key
    
    # Disable SASL security layers. This is needed for AD.
    #sasl_secprops maxssf=0
    
    # Override the default Kerberos ticket cache location.
    #krb5_ccname FILE:/etc/.ldapcache
    
    # SASL mechanism for PAM authentication - use is experimental
    # at present and does not support password policy control
    #pam_sasl_mech DIGEST-MD5

`/etc/ldap/ldap.conf` content

Code:
  #
    # LDAP Defaults
    #
    
    # See ldap.conf(5) for details
    # This file should be world readable but not world writable.
    
    BASE    BASE    dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    #URI    ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666
   URI ldaps://ldap.foobar.com ldaps://ldap.foobar.com:636
    
    #SIZELIMIT      12
    #TIMELIMIT      15
    #DEREF          never
    
    # TLS certificates (needed for GnuTLS)
    TLS_CACERT      /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
    TLS_CACERT      /etc/ssl/certs/ca_serv.pem    #
    # LDAP Defaults
    #
    
    # See ldap.conf(5) for details
    # This file should be world readable but not world writable.
    
    BASE    BASE    dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    #URI    ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666
    URI     ldap://ldap_server_ip ldap://ldap_server_ip:666
    
    #SIZELIMIT      12
    #TIMELIMIT      15
    #DEREF          never
    
    # TLS certificates (needed for GnuTLS)
    TLS_CACERT      /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
    TLS_CACERT      /etc/ssl/certs/ca_serv.pem
    TLS_REQCERT allow
    TLS_REQCERT allow

I also have `/etc/ldap.secret` file with password for `rootbindddn cn=foo,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com` which on the `/etc/ldap.conf`

content of `/etc/vsftpd.conf`


Code:
# Example config file /etc/vsftpd.conf
    #
    # The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
    # loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
    # Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
    #
    # READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
    # Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
    # capabilities.
    #
    #
    # Run standalone?  vsftpd can run either from an inetd or as a standalone
    # daemon started from an initscript.
    listen=NO
    #
    # Run standalone with IPv6?
    # Like the listen parameter, except vsftpd will listen on an IPv6 socket
    # instead of an IPv4 one. This parameter and the listen parameter are mutually
    # exclusive.
    listen_ipv6=YES
    #
    # Allow anonymous FTP? (Disabled by default)
    anonymous_enable=NO
    #
    # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
    local_enable=YES
    #
    # Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
    write_enable=YES
    #
    # Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
    # if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
    #local_umask=022
    #
    # Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
    # has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
    # obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
    #anon_upload_enable=YES
    #
    # Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
    # new directories.
    #anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
    #
    # Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
    # go into a certain directory.
    dirmessage_enable=YES
    #
    # If enabled, vsftpd will display directory listings with the time
    # in  your  local  time  zone.  The default is to display GMT. The
    # times returned by the MDTM FTP command are also affected by this
    # option.
    use_localtime=YES
    #
    # Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
    xferlog_enable=YES
    #
    # Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
    connect_from_port_20=YES
    #
    # If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
    # a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
    # recommended!
    #chown_uploads=YES
    #chown_username=whoever
    #
    # You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
    # below.
    #xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
    #
    # If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format.
    # Note that the default log file location is /var/log/xferlog in this case.
    #xferlog_std_format=YES
    #
    # You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
    #idle_session_timeout=600
    #
    # You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
    #data_connection_timeout=120
    #
    # It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
    # ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
    #nopriv_user=ftpsecure
    #
    # Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
    # recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
    # however, may confuse older FTP clients.
    #async_abor_enable=YES
    #
    # By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
    # the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
    # mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
    # Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service
    # attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd
    # predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the
    # raw file.
    # ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.
    #ascii_upload_enable=YES
    #ascii_download_enable=YES
    #
    # You may fully customise the login banner string:
    #ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
    # You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
    # useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
    #deny_email_enable=YES
    # (default follows)
    #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails
    #
    # You may restrict local users to their home directories.  See the FAQ for
    # the possible risks in this before using chroot_local_user or
    # chroot_list_enable below.
    #chroot_local_user=YES
    #
    # You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
    # directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
    # users to NOT chroot().
    # (Warning! chroot'ing can be very dangerous. If using chroot, make sure that
    # the user does not have write access to the top level directory within the
    # chroot)
    #chroot_local_user=YES
    #chroot_list_enable=YES
    # (default follows)
    #chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
    #
    # You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
    # default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
    # sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
    # the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
    #ls_recurse_enable=YES
    #
    # Customization
    #
    # Some of vsftpd's settings don't fit the filesystem layout by
    # default.
    #
    # This option should be the name of a directory which is empty.  Also, the
    # directory should not be writable by the ftp user. This directory is used
    # as a secure chroot() jail at times vsftpd does not require filesystem
    # access.
    secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
    #
    # This string is the name of the PAM service vsftpd will use.
    pam_service_name=vsftpd
    #
    # This option specifies the location of the RSA certificate to use for SSL
    # encrypted connections.
    rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
    # This option specifies the location of the RSA key to use for SSL
    # encrypted connections.
    rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
    #allow_writeable_chroot=YES
    #pasv_enable=Yes
    #pasv_min_port=40000
    #pasv_max_port=40100
when i run the ldapsearch
Code:
`ldapsearch *-x *-H ldaps://ldap.foobar.com:636 -b "dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com" -D "cn=foo,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com" -w'testpasswd'`
result is `ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can't contact LDAP server (-1) `

`slapcat` output

Code:
dn: dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    objectClass: top
    objectClass: dcObject
    objectClass: organization
    o: foobar
    dc: ldap
    structuralObjectClass: organization
    entryUUID: 23efcad0-dba9-1035-9967-49fc545f5e28
    creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    createTimestamp: 20160711114833Z
    entryCSN: 20160711114833.953825Z#000000#000#000000
    modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    modifyTimestamp: 20160711114833Z
    
    dn: cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    objectClass: simpleSecurityObject
    objectClass: organizationalRole
    cn: admin
    description: LDAP administrator
    userPassword:: e1NTSEF9RWFIcGhoamxXeFlvRotzclVwZ3NrVXN1UkcyWm9tYVc=
    structuralObjectClass: organizationalRole
    entryUUID: 23f0ccdc-dba9-1035-9968-49fc545f5e28
    creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    createTimestamp: 20160711114833Z
    entryCSN: 20160711114833.960433Z#000000#000#000000
    modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=foobar,dc=com
    modifyTimestamp: 20160711114833Z
and

Code:
    slaptest -v -d 1 -f /etc/ldap/ldap.conf

    5784e539 slaptest init: initiated tool.
    5784e539 slap_sasl_init: initialized!
    5784e539 /etc/ldap/ldap.conf: line 8: unknown directive <BASE> outside backend info and database definitions.
    slaptest: bad configuration file!
 
Old 07-28-2016, 11:29 AM   #2
ReinaldoGomes
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Can't you use SSSD instead of LDAP connection?

I just joined my CentOS server using realmd/SSSD, and SSH/SFTP authentication via Active Directory worked right out of the box.
 
  


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