sssd-users July 2021

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Starting SSSD without root
by Tero Saarni 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

Hi, I'm trying to run SSSD inside docker container without root user. The container is executed in OpenShift cluster which does not allow running as root inside container. SSSD requires root and checks for this specifically. Is there any workaround for this? I believe the limitation is implemented for security reasons, in order to have most critical parts executed as root and have it drop privileges for other parts but this now completely blocks using SSSD in the above environment. -- Tero

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sssd performance on large domains
by zfnoctis＠gmail.com 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Hi, I'm wondering if there are any plans to improve sssd performance on large active directory domains (100k+ users, 40k+ groups), or if there are settings I am not aware of that can greatly improve performance, specifically for workstation use cases. Currently if I do not set "ignore_group_members = True" in sssd.conf, logins can take upwards of 6 minutes and "sssd_be" will max the CPU for up to 20 minutes after logon, which makes it a non-starter. The reason I want to allow group members to be seen is that I want certain domain groups to be able to perform elevated actions using polkit. If I ignore group members, polkit reports that the group is empty and so no one can elevate in the graphical environment. Ultimately this means that Linux workstations are at a severe disadvantage since they cannot be bound to the domain and have the normal set of access features users and IT expect from macOS or Windows. Distributions used: Ubuntu 16.04 (sssd 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.1), Ubuntu 16.10 (sssd 1.13.4-3) and Fedora 24 (sssd-1.13.4-3.fc24). All exhibit the same problems. I've also tried "ldap_group_nesting_level = 1" without seeing any noticeable improvement with respect to performance. Putting the database on /tmp isn't viable as these are workstations that will reboot semi-frequently, and I don't believe this is an I/O bound performance issue anyways. Thanks for your time.

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kcm, gssproxy and klist
by Winberg Adam 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

With KCM and gssproxy we often see a long list of credentials when doing a 'klist': [user.u@lxserv2114 ~]$ klist Ticket cache: KCM:17098:66803 Default principal: user.u@AD Valid starting Expires Service principal 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Encrypted/Credentials/v1@X-GSSPROXY: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Encrypted/Credentials/v1@X-GSSPROXY: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Encrypted/Credentials/v1@X-GSSPROXY: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Encrypted/Credentials/v1@X-GSSPROXY: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Encrypted/Credentials/v1@X-GSSPROXY: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Encrypted/Credentials/v1@X-GSSPROXY: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Encrypted/Credentials/v1@X-GSSPROXY: and so on... The actual gssproxy credentials at /var/lib/gssproxy/clients/ does not correspond with this output, it only contains what could be expected - a TGT and maybe some service tickets. The ever growing 'klist' list of credentials is a problem, after a while the user can no longer get any new credentials and therefore has no access to its NFS homedir (sec=krb5). I'm guessing it's the 'max_uid_ccaches' option in sssd-kcm that prevents this. What is going on here - have we configured gssproxy/kcm wrong or is this a bug? Regards Adam

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sssd: AD range retrieval fails when enumeration is enabled
by R Davies 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

Hi, When enumeration is enabled (required due to legacy application), and where a group has > 1500 members, and AD's MaxValRange is at the default 1500, then sssd fails to show more than 1500 group members. Group lookups are no longer accurate. A further interesting aspect is that if the sssd cache is expired (sssctl cache-expiry -E), then the correct group membership is shown until such time as enumeration is processed again (i.e. at most ldap_enumeration_refresh_timeout + memcache_timeout) src/providers/ldap/sdap.c's sdap_parse_entry() states: /* This attribute contained range values and needs more to > * be retrieved > */ > /* TODO: return the set of attributes that need additional retrieval > * For now, we'll continue below and treat it as regular values. > */ As enumeration is enabled the subsequent ASQ/deref work is never undertaken. As such sssd only ever processes the initial range retrieved members (0-1499) (NB that nested groups members are evaluated). We have looked at the relevant source code, but can't find a way to trigger Attribute Scope Queries (ASQ)/deref. Indeed, no manner of sssd configuration settings (other than disabling enumeration - which we sadly cannot do) appears to change this behaviour. Increasing MaxValRange on AD defeats the purpose of having MaxValRange. Has anyone run into this before? Or, should I raise a new issue? Many Thanks. R.

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ID Views for IPA ID Views for AD users inconsistent resolution
by Louis Abel 01 Aug '21

01 Aug '21

I didn't get a response in #sssd, so I figured I'll try here at the mail list. # rpm -q sssd ipa-server sssd-1.16.0-19.el7_5.5.x86_64 ipa-server-4.5.4-10.el7_5.3.x86_64 I've been scratching my head trying to resolve this particular issue. I'm having issues with AD users where when they login, they'll get the UID/GID assigned in the ID views correctly, but only some of the time. Other times, they won't get the id view assigned to them. This is all done in the default trust view. What makes this issue even more interesting is that out of my 6 domain controllers, sometimes it'll be one server out of the six that does it, sometimes it's two. But it's never the same ones, so it's difficult to track the particular issue down. What's even more interesting is this is not occurring with some users (like my own). I have yet to see it occur with my account or even the rest of my team's accounts. One of the things I tried to do is delete the ID views of the offending users and recreate them to no avail. I put SSSD into debug mode on the IPA servers and tried to get some relevant logs and such to try and figure this out. Below is my SSSD configuration, ldb info, and debug logs (removing private information where possible). I'm trying to determine if this is either a bug within SSSD or if this is a misconfiguration on my part. $ ldbsearch -H cache_ipa.example.com.ldb name=user.name(a)ad.example.com originalADuidNumber uidNumber originalADgidNumber gidNumber asq: Unable to register control with rootdse! # record 1 dn: name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb originalADuidNumber: 55616902 originalADgidNumber: 55616902 uidNumber: 55616902 gidNumber: 55616902 $ ipa idoverrideuser-show "Default Trust View" user.name(a)ad.example.com Anchor to override: user.name(a)ad.example.com UID: 40001 GID: 40001 Home directory: /home/user.name Login shell: /bin/bash $ ldbsearch -H timestamps_ipa.example.com.ldb | less dn: name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb objectCategory: user originalModifyTimestamp: 20180823172515.0Z entryUSN: 92632390 initgrExpireTimestamp: 1535133621 lastUpdate: 1535128235 dataExpireTimestamp: 1535133635 distinguishedName: name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb ## DEBUG LOGS (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_set_entry_attr] (0x0200): Entry [name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb] has set [ts_cache] attrs. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): commit ldb transaction (nesting: 0) (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_id_op_connect_step] (0x4000): reusing cached connection (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_get_ad_override_connect_done] (0x4000): Searching for overrides in view [Default Trust View] with filter [(&(objectClass=ipaOverrideAnchor)(ipaAnchorUUID=:SID:S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-16902))]. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_print_server] (0x2000): Searching 172.20.23.190:389 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0400): calling ldap_search_ext with [(&(objectClass=ipaOverrideAnchor)(ipaAnchorUUID=:SID:S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-16902))][cn=Default Trust View,cn=views,cn=accounts,dc=ipa,dc=chotel,dc=com]. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x2000): ldap_search_ext called, msgid = 32 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_op_add] (0x2000): New operation 32 timeout 6 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_result] (0x2000): Trace: sh[0x55f30a5d1080], connected[1], ops[(nil)], ldap[0x55f30a5d0f90] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_result] (0x2000): Trace: end of ldap_result list (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_result] (0x2000): Trace: sh[0x55f30a5d1940], connected[1], ops[0x55f30a645310], ldap[0x55f30a5ce320] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_message] (0x4000): Message type: [LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_entry] (0x1000): OriginalDN: [ipaanchoruuid=:SID:S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-16902,cn=Default Trust View,cn=views,cn=accounts,dc=ipa,dc=chotel,dc=com]. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_range] (0x2000): No sub-attributes for [objectClass] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_range] (0x2000): No sub-attributes for [loginShell] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_range] (0x2000): No sub-attributes for [uidNumber] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_range] (0x2000): No sub-attributes for [ipaAnchorUUID] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_range] (0x2000): No sub-attributes for [gidNumber] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_range] (0x2000): No sub-attributes for [homeDirectory] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_parse_range] (0x2000): No sub-attributes for [ipaOriginalUid] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_result] (0x2000): Trace: sh[0x55f30a5d1940], connected[1], ops[0x55f30a645310], ldap[0x55f30a5ce320] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_message] (0x4000): Message type: [LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_get_generic_op_finished] (0x0400): Search result: Success(0), no errmsg set (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_op_destructor] (0x2000): Operation 32 finished (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_get_ad_override_done] (0x4000): Found override for object with filter [(&(objectClass=ipaOverrideAnchor)(ipaAnchorUUID=:SID:S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-16902))]. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_id_op_destroy] (0x4000): releasing operation connection (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_apply_default_override] (0x4000): Override [uidNumber] with [40001] for [name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_apply_default_override] (0x0080): Override attribute for [gidNumber] has more [2] than one value, using only the first. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_apply_default_override] (0x4000): Override [gidNumber] with [40001] for [name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_apply_default_override] (0x4000): Override [homeDirectory] with [/home/user.name] for [name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_apply_default_override] (0x4000): Override [loginShell] with [/bin/bash] for [name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_callback": 0x55f30a6819a0 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_timeout": 0x55f30a681a60 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Running timer event 0x55f30a6819a0 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Destroying timer event 0x55f30a681a60 "ltdb_timeout" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Ending timer event 0x55f30a6819a0 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [safe_original_attributes] (0x4000): Original object does not have [sshPublicKey] set. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_callback": 0x55f30a683c50 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_timeout": 0x55f30a683d10 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Running timer event 0x55f30a683c50 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Destroying timer event 0x55f30a683d10 "ltdb_timeout" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Ending timer event 0x55f30a683c50 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_ldb_msg_difference] (0x2000): Replaced/extended attr [uidNumber] of entry [name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): start ldb transaction (nesting: 0) (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_callback": 0x55f30a68d1c0 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_timeout": 0x55f30a68d280 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Running timer event 0x55f30a68d1c0 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Destroying timer event 0x55f30a68d280 "ltdb_timeout" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Ending timer event 0x55f30a68d1c0 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): commit ldb transaction (nesting: 0) (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sysdb_set_entry_attr] (0x0200): Entry [name=user.name(a)ad.example.com,cn=users,cn=ad.example.com,cn=sysdb] has set [cache, ts_cache] attrs. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_callback": 0x55f30a68d330 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_timeout": 0x55f30a688900 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Running timer event 0x55f30a68d330 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_callback": 0x55f30a689320 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_timeout": 0x55f30a6893e0 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Destroying timer event 0x55f30a688900 "ltdb_timeout" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Ending timer event 0x55f30a68d330 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Running timer event 0x55f30a689320 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_callback": 0x55f30a634920 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Added timed event "ltdb_timeout": 0x55f30a6349e0 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Destroying timer event 0x55f30a6893e0 "ltdb_timeout" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Ending timer event 0x55f30a689320 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Running timer event 0x55f30a634920 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Destroying timer event 0x55f30a6349e0 "ltdb_timeout" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ldb] (0x4000): Ending timer event 0x55f30a634920 "ltdb_callback" (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_initgr_get_overrides_step] (0x1000): Processing group 0/1 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_initgr_get_overrides_step] (0x1000): Fetching group S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-20676 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_id_op_connect_step] (0x4000): reusing cached connection (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_get_ad_override_connect_done] (0x4000): Searching for overrides in view [Default Trust View] with filter [(&(objectClass=ipaOverrideAnchor)(ipaAnchorUUID=:SID:S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-20676))]. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_print_server] (0x2000): Searching 172.20.23.190:389 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x0400): calling ldap_search_ext with [(&(objectClass=ipaOverrideAnchor)(ipaAnchorUUID=:SID:S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-20676))][cn=Default Trust View,cn=views,cn=accounts,dc=ipa,dc=chotel,dc=com]. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_get_generic_ext_step] (0x2000): ldap_search_ext called, msgid = 33 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_op_add] (0x2000): New operation 33 timeout 6 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_result] (0x2000): Trace: sh[0x55f30a5d1940], connected[1], ops[0x55f30a63f270], ldap[0x55f30a5ce320] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_result] (0x2000): Trace: end of ldap_result list (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_result] (0x2000): Trace: sh[0x55f30a5d1940], connected[1], ops[0x55f30a63f270], ldap[0x55f30a5ce320] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_process_message] (0x4000): Message type: [LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT] (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_get_generic_op_finished] (0x0400): Search result: Success(0), no errmsg set (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_op_destructor] (0x2000): Operation 33 finished (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_get_ad_override_done] (0x4000): No override found with filter [(&(objectClass=ipaOverrideAnchor)(ipaAnchorUUID=:SID:S-1-5-21-922099545-2851689246-2917073205-20676))]. (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [sdap_id_op_destroy] (0x4000): releasing operation connection (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_initgr_get_overrides_step] (0x1000): Processing group 1/1 (Fri Aug 24 16:30:12 2018) [sssd[be[ipa.example.com]]] [ipa_get_ad_memberships_send] (0x0400): External group information still valid. ## /etc/sssd/sssd.conf [domain/ipa.example.com] cache_credentials = True krb5_store_password_if_offline = True # krb5_realm = IPA.EXAMPLE.COM ipa_domain = ipa.example.com ipa_hostname = entl01.ipa.example.com # Server Specific Settings ipa_server = entl01.ipa.example.com ipa_server_mode = True subdomain_homedir = %o fallback_homedir = /home/%u default_shell = /bin/bash id_provider = ipa auth_provider = ipa access_provider = ipa chpass_provider = ipa ldap_tls_cacert = /etc/ipa/ca.crt [sssd] services = nss, sudo, pam, ssh domains = ipa.example.com [nss] filter_users = root,ldap,named,avahi,haldaemon,dbus,radiusd,news,nscd,tomcat,activemq,informix,oracle,xdba,grid,dbadmin,weblogic,operator,postgres,devolog memcache_timeout = 600 homedir_substring = /home [pam] [sudo] [autofs] [ssh] [pac] [ifp]

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AD + Smart Card without having the user certificate in AD
by Assaf Morami 27 Jul '21

27 Jul '21

Hi all, Is it possible to have an AD + Smart Card setup, without having the user certificate in AD? meaning have sssd take the certificate straight from the smart card. If not, is it possible with sss_override to insert the certificate to the sssd cache right before each login? Thanks, Assaf.

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default_domain_suffix and a files provider.
by Steve Traylen 20 Jul '21

20 Jul '21

sssd-2.5.1-2.el8 With a files domain and an ldap domain in simplified form below then all works well for me and passwd files are checked and win before ldap entries. However as soon as `default_domain_suffix = mydomain.ch` is added then all the password entries never match since it is presumably looking up `<username>@mydomain.ch`. While I can understand that this may make sense is there a way forward to continue to look up in shadowutils domain by username only. I am unsure of default_domain_suffix only appends the suffix or actually forces the lookup to only happen to the mydomain.ch ldap domain. ``` [sssd] domains = shadowutils, mydomain.ch [domain/shadowutils] id_provider = files full_name_format = %1$s auth_provider = proxy proxy_pam_target = sssd-shadowutils proxy_fast_alias = True [domain/mydomain.ch] id_provider = ldap full_name_format = %1$s ``` Many Thanks Steve Traylen.

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tips for debugging smartcard authentication failures in sssd?
by James Ralston 19 Jul '21

19 Jul '21

We have an air-gapped network of RHEL7 hosts that use sssd to perform PKINIT (smartcard + Kerberos) authentication against Windows Server 2016 domain controllers. Setting this up properly entailed setting pkinit_anchors, pkinit_pool, pkinit_cert_match, et. al. in the krb5.conf file, and enabling smartcard authentication in gdm. It also entailed adding individual certificates to each user object’s userCertificate property, which our Windows guys grumbled about. (The way Windows performs PKINIT is to find the certificate on the card that has a Microsoft User Principal Name X509v3 Subject Alternative Name, extract that value, and then look for the AD user object that has the same userPrincipalName. But the version of sssd that shipped with RHEL7 can’t do that SAN/userPrincipalName matching.) For the most part, this has worked, and worked well. Once again, sssd has been an invaluable tool. But. For some accounts, smartcard authentication does not work, *even though* you can use kinit to perform PKINIT against the card (e.g., if you login via password authentication, then insert the smartcard once you have a shell window to play with). For the accounts where smartcard authentication works, after you enter your username in gdm, the card blinks for a few seconds, and then you are prompted to enter the PIN as follows: <CN> PIN: …where <CN> is the value of the CN= field of the certificate Subject of the certificate on the smartcard that contains the Microsoft UPN SAN. E.g.: LASTNAME.FIRSTNAME.123456789 PIN: For the accounts where smartcard authentication fails, after you enter your username in gdm, the card blinks for a few seconds, and then you are prompted to enter the PIN as follows: PIN for Smartcard: That PIN prompt is the kiss of death: even if you enter the correct PIN, authentication will always fail. We know that our Kerberos configuration (e.g., pkinit_cert_match) correctly yields one (and only one candidate certificate) from the smartcard, which is the correct certificate: pkinit_cert_match = &&<SAN>.*@.* And running kinit (with PKINIT) against the smartcard works just fine. But logins fail for some users and not others. Which almost certainly means that something is derailing sssd. But it’s not obvious what it is. We’ve double-checked that the userCertificate objects are correct in AD (that is, they match the smartcard). Even more confusingly, the accounts for which smartcard authentication works versus doesn’t work can change over time. For example, a few weeks ago, my own account worked for smartcard login; now it doesn’t. But we know we made no configuration changes and applied no package updates to the host. I have also had the situation where I got the “PIN for Smartcard” gdm prompt, rebooted the host, and then got the “<CN> PIN” gdm prompt. That almost implies an sssd caching issue, or inconsistent data/behavior between our (two) domain controllers. Again, these are air-gapped systems, so I can provide no logs; we are going to have to slog through the sssd logs and figure it out on our own. Questions for the list: * Does this sound familiar to anyone? Have you already been down this path? If so, what did you discover? * sssd logging can be quite voluminous (particularly at higher debugging levels), to the point where I fear I might miss the needle in the haystack that is indicating the problem. Can anyone provide some tips on specific areas where I should focus? Thanks in advance for any tips/advice.

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p11_child doesn't use 2nd slot if 1st slot is empy
by Assaf Morami 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

Hello everyone. I'm trying to configure smart card login of active directory users on an ubuntu machine. I'm following this guide: https://scriptech.io/linux-enable-smartcard-authentication-against-active-d… But for me the opensc library cannot talk with my card and I'm using a library that my card provider gave my. My issue right now is that `p11_child --pre --nssdb=/etc/pki/nssdb` fails to pull the certificate from my smart card. I'm able to log in with AD users and their smart cards using `kinit` and `ksu`, so I know the cards are okay. What's weird to me is that `modutil -list` shows slot 0 as empty and slot 1 as not empty, and then `p11_child --pre` doesn't try to use slot 1. Maybe p11_child thinks that if slot 0 is empty then slot 1 must be empty too? Please help! Here are the relevant logs: ``` # modutil -dbdir nssdb -list Listing of PKCS #11 Modules ---------------------------------------------------- 1. NSS Internal #11 Module uri: pkcs11: library-manufacturer=Mozilla%20Foundation; library-description=NSS%20Internal%20Crypto%20Services;library slots: 2 slots attached status: loaded slot: NSS Internal Cryptographic Services token: NSS Generic Crypto Services uri: pkcs11:token=NSS%20Generic%20Crypto%20Services;manufacturer=Mozilla%20Foundation;serial=0000000000000000;model=NSS%203 slot: NSS User Private Key and Certificate Services token: NSS Certificate DB uri: pkcs11:token=NSS%20Certificate%20DB;manufacturer=Mozilla%20Foundation; serial=0000000000000000;model=NSS%203 2. MyTest library name: mylib.so uri: pkcs11:library-manufacturer=Boring%20Ent.;library-description=Cryptokit%20Extended%20Version;libversion=5.3 slots: 2 slots attached status: loaded slot: [EMPTY] token: uri: pkcs11: slot: Athena ASE IIIe (SBR069-00000) 00 00 token: 918 uri: pkcs11:token=918;manufacturer=Boring%20Ent.;serial=0349B7D30E11024G;model=PKISmartCard%20(A) ``` ``` # p11_child --pre --nssdb=nssdb -d=9 [main] (0x0400): p11_child started. [main] (0x2000): Running in [pre-auth] mode. [main] (0x2000): Running with effective IDs: [0][0]. [do_card] (0x4000): Default Module List: [do_card] (0x4000): common name: INSS Internal PKCS #11 [do_card] (0x4000): dll name: [(null)). [do_card] (0x4000): common name: [MyTest] [do_card] (0x4000): dll name: [Libsadaptor.so]. [do_card] (0x4000): Dead Module List: [do_card] (0x4000): DB Module List: [do_card] (ex4000): common name: [NSS Internal Module]. [do_card] (0x4000): dll name: [(null)]. [do_card] (0x4000): Description [NSS Internal Cryptographic Services Mozilla Foundation] Manufacturer [Mozilla Foundation] flags [9] removable [false] token present [true]. [do_card] (0x4000): Description [NSS User Private Key and Certificate Services Mozilla Foundation] Manufacturer [Mozilla Foundation] flags [1] removable [false] token present [true]. [do_card] (0x4000): Description [[EMPTY] Boring Ent.] Manufacturer [Boring Ent.] flags [2] removable [true] token present [false]. [do_card] (0x4000): Token not present. [main] (0x0040): do-work failed. [main] (Ox0020): p11_child failed! ```

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Re: p11_child doesn't use 2nd slot if 1st slot is empy
by Assaf 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

For future wanderers, this PR fixes the issue: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/pull/5705 And this patch fixes the issue on older versions that still support NSS: https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/pull/5705#issuecomment-880421092

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