KB-3130: Error "client.sudo Unexpected error in conversation"

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KB-3130: Error "client.sudo Unexpected error in conversation"

Product:

Centrify DirectAudit , Centrify DirectControl , Centrify Identity Service, Mac Edition ,

Published:

12 April,16 at 11:09 AM

Rating:

Applies to: All versions of Centrify DirectControl

Question:

No error message appears in the terminal when running sudo command.

However debug logs show "client.sudo Unexpected error in conversation"

May 3 10:30:50 gbl03303 adclient[19085]: DEBUG <fd:25 sudo(17674)> client.sudo Prompt user for PAM_AUTHTOK: 'Password: '
May 3 10:30:51 gbl03303 adclient[19085]: WARN <fd:25 sudo(17674)> client.sudo Unexpected error in conversation: PAM_AUTH_ERR(7)

What is this error?

Answer:

If one of the password characters was either Control+c, Control+d or something that PAM can't manage when running sudo, it will return with an "Unexpected error in conversation: PAM_AUTH_ERR(7)" PAM error.

Since the user is being prompted for password when running the sudo command, it ends up error in the form of "client.sudo Unexpected error in conversation: PAM_AUTH_ERR(7)"