[rt-users] WebExternalAuth and no root for you

Kevin Falcone falcone at bestpractical.com
Mon Nov 21 10:15:27 EST 2011


On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 03:57:30AM -0500, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
> So I am trying to see if I can understand how to use WebExternalAuth.
> In /etc/apache2/sites-available/default I have:
> 
>         DocumentRoot /var/www
>         <Directory />
>                 Options FollowSymLinks
>                 AllowOverride None
> 
>                 AuthType Kerberos
>                 AuthName "Kerberos Login"
>                 KrbAuthRealms DOMAIN.COM
>                 KrbServiceName HTTP
>                 Krb5Keytab /etc/apache2/krb5.keytab
>                 KrbMethodK5Passwd on
>                 KrbDelegateBasic on
>                 Require valid-user
>         </Directory>
> 
> Then in RT_SiteConf.pm I added
> 
> Set($WebExternalAuth , 1);
> Set($WebFallbackToInternalAuth , 1);
> Set($WebExternalAuto , 1);
> 
> When I try to login as the root user, I am told it does not exist in kerberos:
> 
> [Mon Nov 21 03:53:34 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.115]
> krb5_get_init_creds_password() failed: Client not found in Kerberos
> database
> 
> Would anyone know why it is not checking if rt knows of this user
> internally (as opposite to through kerberos)?

I suspect you need a Satisfy line in your apache config to allow it
through kerberos to the normal RT login screen.

-kevin
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