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#3876 Unable to su to root when logged in as a local user
Closed: Fixed Opened by sbose.

Closed: Fixed
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Ticket was cloned from Red Hat Bugzilla: Bug 1645238

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Description of problem:
Unable to su to root when logged in as a local user
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
sssd-2.0.0-23
How reproducible:
always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login as a local user (smartcard or non-smartcard)
2. Run su -
3.
Actual results:
su to root fails
Expected results:
au to root should prompt for password and login successfully
Additional info:
Workaround:
add user_unknown=ignore in the pam_sss line with try_cert_auth in
/etc/pam.d/system-auth

Metadata Update from @sbose:
- Custom field rhbz adjusted to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645238

Metadata Update from @sbose:
- Issue assigned to sbose

https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/pull/692

Metadata Update from @sbose:
- Custom field patch adjusted to on

Commit 55470b17 relates to this ticket
  • master: 55470b17eacdf97696b4736e9eb8bd2618601475

Metadata Update from @jhrozek:
- Issue close_status updated to: Fixed
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)

Metadata Update from @jhrozek:
- Issue set to the milestone: SSSD 2.1

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