Bug ID 844605: SSH login for remote users with RADIUS authentication

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Platform(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
7.0.0

Fixed In:
7.0.0.2, 7.0.0.1

Opened: Oct 30, 2019

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

BIG-IQ SSH access for non-local users with RADIUS authentication fails.

Impact

Unable to authenticate with non-local users via SSH into BIG-IQ

Conditions

BIG-IQ SSH access is configured to allow remote (non-local) user access with RADIUS authentication.

Workaround

On the BIG-IQ manually edit /etc/pam.d/radius/system-auth.conf and replace ":" with "/" in the RADIUS server's address.

Fix Information

IPv4 and IPv6 servers RADIUS authentication is now supported.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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