Unable to login as an AD or IPA user due to "4 (System error)" via SSSD on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Issue
- Unable to log into user account with
SSSD
due to pam_ssssshd
system error - Following errors can be seen in
/var/log/secure
log file during the failed login.
Mar 11 08:50:44 rheltest sshd[20896]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=example.com user=test
Mar 11 08:50:44 rheltest sshd[20896]: pam_sss(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=example.com user=test
Mar 11 08:50:44 rheltest sshd[20896]: pam_sss(sshd:auth): received for user test: 4 (System error)
Mar 11 08:50:46 rheltest sshd[20896]: Failed password for test from 10.x.x.x port 53832 ssh2
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Active Directory (AD)
- Identity Management (IPA)
- SSSD
- pam_sss
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