Re: kerberos authentication error with Windows 2003 SP1 AD

Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net>

From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>
To: <koppelp@mir.wustl.edu>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2006-11-20T10:16:49Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Hi!

Wherever your pg_ctl command sets the logfiles, or syslog if you use
syslog etc.

(Note that you still need to define the user in PostgreSQL as well, but
that shoudl give a different error message)

//Magnus 

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> Sent: den 17 november 2006 23:18
> To: Magnus Hagander
> Subject: RE: [GENERAL] kerberos authentication error with 
> Windows 2003 SP1 AD
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> HI Magnus-
> 
> Thanks for your reply. Which error log in postgres should I 
> look at? Do I need to configure postgres to add more detailed 
> logging? Thanks again for your help.
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> Please include my email address in your reply.
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> -- pk
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> RE: [GENERAL] kerberos authentication error with Windows 2003 SP1 AD	
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> > My operating system is Red Hat Linux AS 4, Kerberos 5, with
> > postgresql-7.4.14 that I compiled. I can authenticate using 
> ssh, su, 
> > console login, and also have gotten apache mod_auth_kerb to 
> work with 
> > AD - but I am missing something with postgresql. When I try:
> > 
> > [pkoppe01@ipswich ~]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -d test -h ipswich
> > psql: Kerberos 5 authentication failed
> > 
> > For the configure step, I did (needed the include statement 
> to prevent 
> > an error about comm_err.h):
> > 
> > [koppel@ipswich postgresql-7.4.14]$ ./configure --with-java
> > --with-krb5 --with-includes=/usr/include/et
> > 
> > The make proceeded normally.
> > 
> > My pg_hba.conf looks like this (with pkoppe01 defined in Active 
> > Directory but not defined in postgres using "createuser")
> > 
> > local all all trust
> > host test pkoppe01 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 krb5
> > 
> > Also have "tcpip_socket = true" and the postgres keytab 
> referenced in 
> > postgresql.conf and the keytab file itself owned by postgres.
> > 
> > When I try the psql command above (as pkoppe01) I do get 
> the service 
> > ticket for postgres:
> > 
> > [pkoppe01@ipswich ~]$ klist
> > Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_501_LCzZ1P Default principal: 
> > pkoppe01@PRIVATE.LAN
> > 
> > Valid starting Expires Service principal
> > 11/13/06 11:17:25 11/13/06 21:17:28
> > krbtgt/PRIVATE.LAN@PRIVATE.LAN renew until 11/14/06 11:17:25
> > 11/13/06 11:19:02 11/13/06 21:17:28
> > postgres/ipswich.private.lan@PRIVATE.LAN
> > renew until 11/14/06 11:17:25
> > 
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. 
> > Please feel free to email me directly as I just joined the list and 
> > don't know my way around yet.
> 
> The server log from postgresql should give some more information.
> 
> //Magnus
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