Applies to: DirectControl 5.3.0 and 5.3.1 on all supported Unix platforms.
Question: Why do FTP sessions fail to start when the user is required to use MFA?
[root@aix61v2 15:20:05]ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.
220 aix61v2 FTP server (Version 4.2 Wed Oct 1 09:40:05 CDT 2008) ready.
Name (localhost:root): mac
331 Password required for mac.
Password:
^^ process hangs here.
Answer: Default FTP servers used by Unix operation systems do not support the second prompt from PAM. To workaround this issue, please use the
pam.mfa.program.ignore parameter in /etc/centrifydc/centrifydc.conf
Adding this parameter will prevent adclient from asking for MFA through PAM.
AIX: pam.mfa.program.ignore: ftpdSolaris:
pam.mfa.program.ignore: proftpdHPUX:
pam.mfa.program.ignore: ftpd