[tac_plus] Authentication using Likewise and AD

[Matt Almgren]

Hi John, thanks for the information.  We have a fairly robust and redundant AD env here, so I’m not worried about it .  Plus we have other workarounds if the entire AAA infrastructure goes to hell that I can’t discuss on a public list.

My main goal is just to get as close to SSO as we can at this point.  I’ll try out the PAM method and report back my findings.

Thanks, Matt








From: John Fraizer <john at op-sec.us<mailto:john at op-sec.us>>
Date: Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:53 PM
To: Matt Almgren <matta at surveymonkey.com<mailto:matta at surveymonkey.com>>
Cc: "tac_plus at shrubbery.net<mailto:tac_plus at shrubbery.net>" <tac_plus at shrubbery.net<mailto:tac_plus at shrubbery.net>>
Subject: Re: [tac_plus] Authentication using Likewise and AD

Configure tac_plus to use password = PAM and it will authenticate via whatever mechanism(s) PAM is configured to use.  With that said, bear in mind that using LDAP for network auth isn't exactly the best idea.  When you have a problem with your LDAP server, tac_plus doesn't know.  It just acts as if your credentials are wrong and you're unable to log into network devices.  It is even MORE fun because you can't even log into your tac_plus server and shut down tac_plus so your network devices will use "local" authentication because the server is ALSO using LDAP to authenticate.

Just some things to keep in mind.

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On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Matt Almgren <matta at surveymonkey.com<mailto:matta at surveymonkey.com>> wrote:

Hello all, I’ve recently joined another company that uses Likewise for authentication against AD.   Does anyone have any experience working with Likewise and using it with TAC+?  I’m assuming that if I configure PAM with TAC+, it will pass those authentication requests on to the AD server?

We’re running Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and the latest version of tac_plus, if that helps.

Thanks, Matt


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Matt Almgren
Sr. Networking Engineer | SurveyMonkey




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