Centrify

Tips for finding Knowledge Articles

  • - Enter just a few key words related to your question or problem
  • - Add Key words to refine your search as necessary
  • - Do not use punctuation
  • - Search is not case sensitive
  • - Avoid non-descriptive filler words like "how", "the", "what", etc.
  • - If you do not find what you are looking for the first time,reduce the number of key words you enter and try searching again.
  • - Minimum supported Internet Explorer version is IE9
Home  >
article

KB-1694: How to integrate RHN Satellite login with DirectControl to accept AD user authentication?

Auditing and Monitoring Service ,   Authentication Service ,   Mac & PC Management Service ,  

12 April,16 at 11:12 AM

Applies to: All versions of Centrify DirectControl for UNIX/Linux
 
Question:
 
RHN Satellite supports network-based authentication systems via Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). PAM is a suite of libraries that helps system administrators to integrate the Satellite with a centralized authentication mechanism, thus eliminating the need for remembering multiple passwords.
 
RHN Satellite supports LDAP, Kerberos, and other network-based authentication systems via PAM. It is possible to enable PAM authentication for a RedHat Satellite Server. Ordinary ssh and local authentication works, however the satellite server does not allow a login even when the Centrify username and password are correct.
 
Does Centrify provide an example configuration that can show how to integrate RHN Satellite application logins with the Centrify DirectControl PAM modules? 
 
Answer:
 
One is advised to upgrade to Centrify DirectControl 4.4.1 or above as there was a known issue where we have a restriction on PAM account management for non-root users in versions earlier than DirectControl 4.4.0.
 
After the upgrade, please follow these steps:
 
1) Set up a PAM service file (usually /etc/pam.d/rhn-satellite) and have the Satellite use it by adding the following line to /etc/rhn/rhn.conf:
 
pam_auth_service = rhn-satellite

This assumes the PAM service file is named rhn-satellite.
 
2) As an example, for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 i386 system, to authenticate against Active Directory one could put the following in /etc/pam.d/rhn-satellite. Please note that these are standard Centrify PAM directives. 
 
#%PAM-1.0
auth       sufficient     pam_centrifydc.so
auth       requisite      pam_centrifydc.so deny
account    sufficient     pam_centrifydc.so
account    requisite      pam_centrifydc.so deny
session    required       pam_centrifydc.so homedir
password   sufficient     pam_centrifydc.so try_first_pass
password   requisite      pam_centrifydc.so deny
 
3) For the remaining steps, please follow the installation guide below (choose the appropriate version) :
 
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/

(Link provided as a courtesy)

Still have questions? Click here to log a technical support case, or collaborate with your peers in Centrify's Online Community.

Related Articles

 articleKB-9156: How to integrate the RHN Satellite server login to accept AD user authentication with DirectControl articleKB-20210: Common Questions Regarding Centrify DirectControl and CoreOS article[How To] Enable Symantec VIP MFA for Centrify Server Suite on Linux Part III articleCentrify 16.12 & 16.12 Hotfix 1 Release Notes articleKB-7555: Unable to login as root after upgrade to Centrify Suite 2016 (CDC 5.3.0) articleKB-6044: How to configure users for automatic Kerberos Credentials for infinite renewal even after users have logged out? articleKB-3925: How to add Centrify parameter to a group policy article[Labs] Using Identity Platform as a RADIUS Client to support MFA with OTP tokens (e.g. SecurID, etc) articleCentrify Cloud 16.10 Release Notes