NMAS 1644 immediately returned during login

  • 3917756
  • 22-Dec-2006
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) 3.0
Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) 3.1.1
Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) 3.1.2

Situation

NMAS authentication errors out with -1644. 1644 errors are normal when a authentication has timed out, however in this case the 1644 returns as soon as the nmas login happens, instead of 3 minutes later.  This issue appears to be only happen on Linux/Unix servers. NetWare is not effected.

In DSTRACE, NMAS uses a session count from 0 to 63, after which is should reuse a session number, if it is available. In this case, every 64th bind (same session number each time) would fail with a 1644 error.


Resolution

Apply Security Services 2.0.4 (or greater)

Status

Top Issue