[Macpartners] OS X Server

[Patrick McNeal]

On Feb 20, 2008, at 5:06 PM, Ben Kennedy wrote:

> I have  aproblem with our OS X server.
>
> Users (including me!) can log in when they have a public key  
> installed, but anything that requires a password is unavailable.   
> For example, sudo always returns: "Sorry, try again."  and ssh  
> reports "Permission denied, please try again." when trying to log in  
> without a public key installed.
>
> I'm not sure what to check.  This has happened on and off for a  
> while.  A reboot solves it, but I'd like to track down what is  
> actually causing this and I don't really know where to look.

To help figure this out, we're going to need some more information.   
What version of server are you running?  How are you configuring user  
accounts?  Is the server bound to a directory?  If so, what  
directory?  What public key are users installing?  Is the server  
configured to accept Kerberos authentication from the MIT realm?

--Patrick

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