ACS 5.1 Authentication against AD problem

I have a pair of ACS 5.1 virtual appliances in a master/slave configuration, running build 5.1.0.44. We have it configured to authenticate TACACS against Active Directory, but have run into a problem with the account of one my colleagues. His account password recently expired and since changing it he is no longer able to authenticate on devices pointing to the master ACS server, but has no issue with devices pointing to the slave ACS server. Several other users have changed their passwords in AD and have not encountered this problem.
ACS View shows the following error in the TACACS+ authentication log: "24421 Change password against Active Directory failed since it is disabled in configuration". The account we use to connect to active directory does not have permission to send password changes, so I have disabled changing passwords in the AD identity store configuration. As a test, I enabled password changing and instead saw this error: "24407 User authentication against AD failed since user is required to change his password".
I've had him change passwords numerous times, try different SSH clients, and different PCs. I also had him lock his account out, and then try logging on and instead was presented with this error: "24415 User authentication against AD failed since user's account is locked out". So it seems that ACS is correctly querying AD but seems to be caching the fact that his account has expired.
The only difference between the two ACS servers are that they are querying different AD servers. I've gotten our AD team to reset his password, check that his account is not locked on a particular AD server, and that replication is functioning. I've also restarted the services and cold started the ACS virtual machine to no effect. I have yet to try clearing the AD configuration and re-entering it.
show logging application acs reveals the following:
ActiveDirectoryClient,19/10/2011,08:46:25:307,WARN ,3032882080,cntx=0000253027,sesn=ciscoacslc/108180474/33226,user=parrishg,[ActiveDirectoryClient::isLRPC_ConnectionError] Retryable error 6 (LRPC failed) received. Tr
ying to reconnect.,ActiveDirectoryClient.cpp:2429
ActiveDirectoryClient,19/10/2011,08:46:25:311,WARN ,3032882080,cntx=0000253027,sesn=ciscoacslc/108180474/33226,user=parrishg,[ActiveDirectoryClient::plainTextAuthenticate] PAP authentication for user: parrishg has fai
led due to error: 16:Password expired,ActiveDirectoryClient.cpp:994
ActiveDirectoryClient,19/10/2011,08:49:27:468,WARN ,3031829408,cntx=0000253057,sesn=ciscoacslc/108180474/33228,user=parrishg,[ActiveDirectoryClient::isLRPC_ConnectionError] Retryable error 6 (LRPC failed) received. Tr
ying to reconnect.,ActiveDirectoryClient.cpp:2429
ActiveDirectoryClient,19/10/2011,08:49:27:475,WARN ,3031829408,cntx=0000253057,sesn=ciscoacslc/108180474/33228,user=parrishg,[ActiveDirectoryClient::plainTextAuthenticate] PAP authentication for user: parrishg has fai
led due to error: 16:Password expired,ActiveDirectoryClient.cpp:994
ActiveDirectoryIDStore,19/10/2011,08:49:27:475,ERROR,3031829408,cntx=0000253057,sesn=ciscoacslc/108180474/33228,user=parrishg,ActiveDirectoryIDStore::onPlainAuthenticateAndQueryEvent - User password expired but change
password configuration is disabled - authentication failed,ActiveDirectoryIDStore.cpp:525
I am aware that I can upgrade to 5.1.0.44.6 and intend to do so (although CSCsr81297 concerns me as we make extensive use of AD for authentication), but I don't know that there is any guarantee that this will fix it.
Any ideas on what might be the cause, and how I can fix this?
Thanks!

Hello,
It is complicated to explain this rule but hopelly you will understand.
I suggest you to do an identity store sequence that will point to the AD and RSA. this is like the user unknow policy in ACS 4.x
Once this is done you can create 2 authorization policies 1 based on RSA authentication and another based on AD authentication.
To give you a better clear example is there any difference between AD and RSA authentication? Do they have the same rights? Please detail what you need to configure besides AD and RSA simultanuos authentication.
Regards,
Sebastian Aguirre

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[2014-01-10T04:39:42.547-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-09102] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 150] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.JNDIHelper] [SRC_METHOD: getURLContext] Failed to initialize group cache for MSAD user directory AD. Error connecting to url. ad.weil.com:389. Verify MSAD user directory configuration.
[2014-01-10T04:39:42.547-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00107] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 150] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.CSSManager] [SRC_METHOD: pingConfiguredProviders] Failed to refresh group cache. Some of configured user directories not initialized [AD]. Verify user directory configuration.
[2014-01-10T04:39:42.547-05:00] [EPMCSS] [WARNING] [EPMCSS-10029] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 150] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Exception while building asynchronous group cache for user directory. EPMCSS-00107: Failed to refresh group cache. Some of configured user directories not initialized [AD]. Verify user directory configuration.. Verify Shared Services security user directory configuration.
[2014-01-10T04:40:24.605-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 149] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.util.jndi.pool.JNDIConnectionPool] [SRC_METHOD: getBorrowObject] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-10T04:40:24.605-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 149] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.JNDIHelper] [SRC_METHOD: getURLContext] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-10T04:41:06.662-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 149] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.util.jndi.pool.JNDIConnectionPool] [SRC_METHOD: getBorrowObject] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-10T04:41:06.662-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 149] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.JNDIHelper] [SRC_METHOD: getURLContext] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-10T04:41:06.693-05:00] [EPMCSS] [WARNING] [EPMCSS-10033] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 149] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAbstractAuthenticator] [SRC_METHOD: authenticateUser] Skipping user directory {0} failed to communicate with server. {1}. No action required.
[2014-01-10T04:41:06.693-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 149] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAbstractAuthenticator] [SRC_METHOD: authenticateUser] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
From console~Essbase1~EssbaseAgent~AGENT~1.log -
[Fri Jan 10 04:40:22 2014EPMCSS-00301: Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
at com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAbstractAuthenticator.authenticateUser(CSSAbstractAuthenticator.java:658)
at com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAPIAuthenticationImpl.authenticate(CSSAPIAuthenticationImpl.java:69)
at com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAPIImpl.authenticate(CSSAPIImpl.java:102)
at com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAPIImpl.login(CSSAPIImpl.java:794)
at com.hyperion.css.facade.CSSAPIFacade.login(CSSAPIFacade.java:776) ]
Local/ESSBASE0///9180/Info(1042059)

Server times are in sync. In fact, we see no such issues on the 9.3.1 environments (which are in the same server farm as the 11.1.2.2 environments).
We're using the same MSAD configuration we have in the 9.3.1 environments as follows -
Directory Server: Microsoft
Name: AD Host Name: ad.mycompany.com
Port: 389
SSL Enabled: unchecked
Base DN: DC=ad,DC=mycompany,DC=com
ID Attribute: objectguid (greyed)
Maximum Size: 200
Trusted: checked
Anonymous Bind: unchecked
User DN: ad\hyperion_admin
Append Base DN: unchecked
User RDN: blank
Login Attribute: cn
First name Attribute: givenName
Last name Attribute: sn
Email Attribute: mail
Object Class: person,organizationalPerson,user
Support Groups: checked
Group RDN: OU=groups
Name Attribute: CN
object class: group?member
I also tried disabling AD groups (Support Groups = unchecked), but I still see a random AD authentication failure. Below are logs based on automated retrievals using an AD account at 14:37, 17:37, 20:37 and 21:40 today. The first 2 worked fine, the 3rd failed, the fourth worked fine again. From SharedServices_Security_Client.log -
[2014-01-11T14:37:00.574-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20330] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 42] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheManager] [SRC_METHOD: getCache] Cache refresh started asynchronously. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T14:37:00.917-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20005] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 43] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Asynchronously started user directory cache building for user directory Native Directory. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T14:37:00.917-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20005] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 43] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Asynchronously started user directory cache building for user directory AD. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T14:37:00.917-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20008] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 44] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.MSADProvider] [SRC_METHOD: createCache] Group support is disabled for MSAD user directory AD returning empty cache map. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T14:37:00.917-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20007] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 44] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.ProviderCacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Group cache completed for user directory AD and size of group cache is 0. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T14:37:00.917-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20007] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 45] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.ProviderCacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Group cache completed for user directory Native Directory and size of group cache is 19. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T14:37:00.917-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20331] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 43] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Cache building is done for the providers, now started unifying the cache. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T14:37:01.151-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20332] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 43] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Unify cache done and cache object set to the cache manager. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:00.752-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20330] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 46] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheManager] [SRC_METHOD: getCache] Cache refresh started asynchronously. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:01.174-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20005] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 47] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Asynchronously started user directory cache building for user directory Native Directory. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:01.174-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20005] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 47] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Asynchronously started user directory cache building for user directory AD. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:01.174-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20008] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 48] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.MSADProvider] [SRC_METHOD: createCache] Group support is disabled for MSAD user directory AD returning empty cache map. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:01.174-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20007] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 48] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.ProviderCacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Group cache completed for user directory AD and size of group cache is 0. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:01.174-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20007] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 49] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.ProviderCacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Group cache completed for user directory Native Directory and size of group cache is 19. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:01.174-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20331] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 47] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Cache building is done for the providers, now started unifying the cache. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T17:37:01.361-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20332] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 47] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Unify cache done and cache object set to the cache manager. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T20:37:00.634-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20330] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 50] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheManager] [SRC_METHOD: getCache] Cache refresh started asynchronously. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T20:37:42.707-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 50] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.util.jndi.pool.JNDIConnectionPool] [SRC_METHOD: getBorrowObject] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-11T20:37:42.707-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 50] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.JNDIHelper] [SRC_METHOD: getURLContext] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-11T20:38:24.748-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-07047] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 51] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.util.jndi.pool.JNDIConnectionPool] [SRC_METHOD: getBorrowObject] Failed to get connection from connection pool for user directory AD. Error executing query. adweilcom:389. Verify user directory configuration.
[2014-01-11T20:38:24.748-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-09102] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 51] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.JNDIHelper] [SRC_METHOD: getURLContext] Failed to initialize group cache for MSAD user directory AD. Error connecting to url . ad.weil.com:389. Verify MSAD user directory configuration.
[2014-01-11T20:38:24.748-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00107] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 51] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.CSSManager] [SRC_METHOD: pingConfiguredProviders] Failed to refresh group cache. Some of configured user directories not initialized [AD]. Verify user directory configuration.
[2014-01-11T20:38:24.748-05:00] [EPMCSS] [WARNING] [EPMCSS-10029] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 51] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Exception while building asynchronous group cache for user directory. EPMCSS-00107: Failed to refresh group cache. Some of configured user directories not initialized [AD]. Verify user directory configuration.. Verify Shared Services security user directory configuration..
[2014-01-11T20:39:06.806-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 50] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.util.jndi.pool.JNDIConnectionPool] [SRC_METHOD: getBorrowObject] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-11T20:39:06.806-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 50] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.JNDIHelper] [SRC_METHOD: getURLContext] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-11T20:39:06.806-05:00] [EPMCSS] [WARNING] [EPMCSS-10033] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 50] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAbstractAuthenticator] [SRC_METHOD: authenticateUser] Skipping user directory {0} failed to communicate with server. {1}. No action required.
[2014-01-11T20:39:06.806-05:00] [EPMCSS] [ERROR] [EPMCSS-00301] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 50] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.facade.impl.CSSAbstractAuthenticator] [SRC_METHOD: authenticateUser] Failed to authenticate user. Invalid credentials. Enter valid credentials.
[2014-01-11T21:40:41.799-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20330] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 52] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheManager] [SRC_METHOD: getCache] Cache refresh started asynchronously. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T21:40:41.986-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20005] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 53] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Asynchronously started user directory cache building for user directory Native Directory. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T21:40:41.986-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20005] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 53] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Asynchronously started user directory cache building for user directory AD. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T21:40:41.986-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20008] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 54] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.spi.impl.msad.MSADProvider] [SRC_METHOD: createCache] Group support is disabled for MSAD user directory AD returning empty cache map. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T21:40:41.986-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20007] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 54] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.ProviderCacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Group cache completed for user directory AD and size of group cache is 0. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T21:40:42.002-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20007] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 55] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.ProviderCacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: run] Group cache completed for user directory Native Directory and size of group cache is 19. Status message. No action required.
[2014-01-11T21:40:42.002-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20331] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 53] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Cache building is done for the providers, now started unifying the cache. This is a status messages. No action required.
[2014-01-11T21:40:42.080-05:00] [EPMCSS] [NOTIFICATION:16] [EPMCSS-20332] [oracle.EPMCSS.CSS] [tid: 53] [ecid: disabled,0] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.css.cache.CacheThread] [SRC_METHOD: buildCache] Unify cache done and cache object set to the cache manager. This is a status messages. No action required.

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Hi,
I've got a problem with Cisco ACS 4.2 authenticating Cisco 4710 ACE appliance.
ACS4.2 has been configured to use both internal and external database. It's been working fine for a couple or years.
Recently we bought a Cisco 4710 ACE appliance. When I use ACS4.2 internal username and password to login the Cisco 4710 ACE appliance, I have no problem. I can also see the passed authentication log on ACS4.2. However, if I use AD username and password, I couldn't login in. The message is "Login incorrect". I checked the failed attempts log on the ACS4.2, there was no log regarding the failed attempt. My AD username and password works fine on all other cisco routers and switches.
I've posted my AAA configuration of the 4710 ACE below. ACE is running on the latest version A4(1.1). Please help.
tacacs-server key 7 "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
aaa group server tacacs+ tac_admin
server xx.xx.xx.xx
aaa authentication login default group tac_admin local
aaa authentication login console group tac_admin local
aaa accounting default group tac_admin

Hi,
Since the ACS is receiving the request.
Could you please ensure that In ACE on every context (including Admin and other) you have following strings:
tacacs-server host x.x.x.x key 7 "xxx"
aaa group server tacacs+ tac_admin
   server x.x.x.x
aaa authentication login default group tac_admin local
aaa authentication login console group tac_admin local
aaa accounting default group x.x.x.x
On ACS side for group named "Network Administrators" you should configure in TACACS settting:
1. Shell (exec) enable
2. Privilege level 15
3. Custom attributes:
           shell:Admin*Admin default-domain
    if you have additional context add next line
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User             Context                                                                  Line     Login Time   (Location)        Role   Domain(s)
*adm-x        Admin                                                                    pts/0   Sep 21 12:24 (x.x.x.x)    Admin   default-domain
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Anisha
P.S.: please mark this thread as answered if you fee your query is resolved. Do rate helpful posts.

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Thanks.

Hi,
I have found the fnd_web_sec returns a boolean for a valid username / password combination but I'm still not sue how I can integrate this.
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Manny

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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-radius/
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Hello,
ASA has RA vpn's set up with authentication against TACACS ACS 5.1 based on AD group.
Need to set up access to ASA itself (ssh) based on TACACS as well, to the same ACS box.
Is it possible to have it against another AD group?
Right now, when I create rule, the cryteria to select specific service is based on protocol, client device IP, few other conditions,
and based on that ACS selects rule which in turn may be Network Access or Device Access.
I created two different rules, one is Device Access against Group1 in AD, another is Network Access agains Group2 in AD, and which one is
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Probably workaround would be to enable both RADIUS and TACACS for the ASA and on ACS for this client, and use different protocols for vpn and local device access?
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ASA has RA vpn's set up with authentication against TACACS ACS 5.1 based on AD group.
Need to set up access to ASA itself (ssh) based on TACACS as well, to the same ACS box.
Is it possible to have it against another AD group?
Right now, when I create rule, the cryteria to select specific service is based on protocol, client device IP, few other conditions,
and based on that ACS selects rule which in turn may be Network Access or Device Access.
I created two different rules, one is Device Access against Group1 in AD, another is Network Access agains Group2 in AD, and which one is
the first in the list, that is being chosen for VPN access - basing on ASA IP and protocol (TACACS).
Probably workaround would be to enable both RADIUS and TACACS for the ASA and on ACS for this client, and use different protocols for vpn and local device access?
Is this the way?
Thank you
Alexander

How can I tell if a user has already authenticated against AD?

Sorry to begin with if this has been dealt with in another thread already. Ive taken a look around and cant see something that answers my questions exactly. If such a thread exists, please point me in that direction.
We have a product that needs to be installed on a customer site. Its a windows based, web fronted application with a client program on the user's pc and a server side component that handles requests for data. What I need to do is to check if the user has already authenticated against active directory. If so then I dont need to ask for authentication (single sign on).
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Mark

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There is a also a post in this forum, outlining how to utilise Kerberos, JAAS with JNDI to access Active Directory. JNDI, Active Directory and Authentication (Part 1) (Kerberos)
at http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=579829&tstart=300
Possibly the part you are looking for is the functionality included in the class that implements java.security.PrivilegedAction
Good luck.

Cisco ISE (Authentication failed: 24415 User authentication against Active Directory failed since user's account is locked out)

Hi,
I have a setup ISE 1.1.1. Users are getting authenticate against AD. Everything is working fine except some users report disconnection. I see in the ISE that (Authentication failed: 24415 User authentication against Active Directory failed since user's account is locked out). Users are using Windows 7 OS.
Error is enclosed & here is the port configuration.
Port Configuration.
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
switchport access vlan 120
switchport mode access
switchport voice vlan 121
authentication event fail action next-method
authentication event server dead action reinitialize vlan 120
authentication event server alive action reinitialize
authentication host-mode multi-auth
authentication order mab dot1x
authentication priority dot1x mab
authentication port-control auto
authentication periodic
authentication timer reauthenticate server
mab
dot1x pae authenticator
dot1x timeout tx-period 60
spanning-tree portfast
ip dhcp snooping limit rate 30 interface GigabitEthernet0/2
switchport access vlan 120
switchport mode access
switchport voice vlan 121
authentication event fail action next-method
authentication event server dead action reinitialize vlan 120
authentication event server alive action reinitialize
authentication host-mode multi-auth
authentication order mab dot1x
authentication priority dot1x mab
authentication port-control auto
authentication periodic
authentication timer reauthenticate server
mab
dot1x pae authenticator
dot1x timeout tx-period 60
spanning-tree portfast
ip dhcp snooping limit rate 30
Please help.

The error message means that Active Directory server Reject the authentication attempt
as for some reasons the user account got locked.I guess, You should ask your AD Team to check in the AD
Event Logs why did the user account got locked.
Under Even Viewers, You can find it out
Regards
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