Mobile Account login fails from login window, OK via SSH

[thegooch49]

Hello, I have a laptop client running 10.4.10. We have LDAP auth, and the machine is setup as a Moble Account system (caching the password, for non-networked logins). I am having a strange problem where the user is unable to login via the login window. Authentication fails. I looked in Net Info, and see the cached account listed here. Everything looks normal. I cannot login via the login screen however. I can SSH successfully to it.

To troubleshoot, I removed the account from NetInfo. I logged in again (while attached to the network). It accepted my credentials, and asked to create a mobile home (which I did). When I log out/in, my authentication fails again! I can’t figure this out, has anyone seen this? It seems like the cached credentials (or password) is corrupt in NI. It appears that LDAP auth works every time, it’s just local against NI that fails. Has anyone seen this, or have suggestions?

-Jeff

[thegooch49]

This is output from: dscl localhost -read /Search/Users/jbaker

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!

accountConfig: blah=1
cn: Jim Baker
gecos: Jim Baker
gidNumber: 200
givenName: Jim
homeDirectory: /home/j/jbaker
l: carolina
loginShell: /bin/sh
mail: [email protected]
objectClass: top person organizationalPerson inetOrgPerson posixAccount shadowAccount apple-user Account
sn: Baker
title: Admin
uid: jbaker
uidNumber: 5099
userPassword: {MD5}wQGB7oSGUYLVGXfsTNxPow==
AppleMetaNodeLocation: /LDAPv3/ldap.company.com
EMailAddress: [email protected]
FirstName: Jim
JobTitle: Admin
LastName: Baker
NFSHomeDirectory: /home/j/jbaker
Password: {MD5}wQGB7oSGUYLVGXfsTNxPow==
PrimaryGroupID: 200
RealName: Jim Baker Jim Baker
RecordName: jbaker Jim Baker
RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Users
UniqueID: 5099
UserShell: /bin/sh

[thegooch49]

Yes, that is the cached record.

Thanks again for the help.

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