[Samba] pam_winbind WBC_ERR_AUTH_ERROR before even asking for a password

Alexander R. Fahrutdinov alex_mgsm at mail.ru
Thu Jan 14 22:26:33 MST 2010


> When logging, after user names is asked, BEFORE password is being asked
> for, this is reported in the logs:
> 
> Jan 14 15:37:50 london sshd[4549]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): getting
> password (0x00000000)
> 
> Jan 14 15:37:50 london sshd[4549]: pam_winbind(sshd:auth): request
> wbcLogonUser failed: WBC_ERR_AUTH_ERROR, PAM error: PAM_AUTH_ERR (7),
> NTSTATUS: NT_STATUS_WRONG_PASSWORD, Error message was: Wrong Password
> 

PAM modules transfer password from top to bottom in PAM stack. You should  use 
use_first_pass parameter of pam_winibind for using auth token, transferred from 
previous module in stack


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