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PAM Authentication on Unix Agent not working
Article ID: 88272
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Products
CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine
Issue/Introduction
PAM Authentication on the Unix Agent does not work.
Error message:
Error message:
20170119/111202.909 - U02000005 Job 'JOBS.UNIX.DOMAIN2' with RunID '1181189' started.
20170119/111202.909 - U02001007 User 'automiccs\bta' is unknown or an invalid password has been provided.
20170119/111202.909 - U02001007 User 'automiccs\bta' is unknown or an invalid password has been provided.
Environment
OS: Unix
Resolution
The issue could be a configuration in /etc/pam.d/ucxjlx6. Normally, the following entries should be enough:
Depending on your OS and configuration of PAM, you may need to customize the /etc/pam.d/ucxjlx6 file.
However, it is always advisable to test your PAM configuration with a pamtester as described in the link below:
pamtester - Utility for testing pluggable authentication modules (PAM) facility (http://pamtester.sourceforge.net/)
#%PAM-1.0
auth include system-auth
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
auth include system-auth
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
Depending on your OS and configuration of PAM, you may need to customize the /etc/pam.d/ucxjlx6 file.
However, it is always advisable to test your PAM configuration with a pamtester as described in the link below:
pamtester - Utility for testing pluggable authentication modules (PAM) facility (http://pamtester.sourceforge.net/)
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