Unable to login with AD user via ssh with AVC denials in audit.log
Issue
- Unable to login with AD user via ssh, following errors are seen:
mar 07 17:06:31 test-server sshd[110235]: Invalid user testuser123 from 10.26.204.81 port 63511
mar 07 17:06:31 test-server sshd[110235]: input_userauth_request: invalid user testuser123 [preauth]
mar 07 17:06:34 test-server sshd[110235]: Failed password for invalid user testuser123 from 10.26.204.81 port 63511 ssh2
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Unable to login as AD user, changing SELinux into
permissiveresolves the issue and user can login successfully. -
/var/log/audit/audit.logshows following AVC errors during failed login:
type=AVC msg=audit(1520440151.942:52093): avc: denied { read } for pid=155141 comm="sshd" name="hosts" dev="dm-0" ino=2144306 scontext=system_u:system_r:sshd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:svirt_sandbox_file_t:s0 tclass=file
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7.x
- SELinux
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