Unable to login with AD user via ssh with AVC denials in audit.log

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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
  • Unable to login as AD user, changing SELinux into permissive resolves the issue and user can login successfully.

  • /var/log/audit/audit.log shows 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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