Troubleshooting
Problem
Debugging is often required to isolate the root cause of PAM authentication failures and to identify the configuration directive that is causing the authentication failure.
Symptom
The ValidateUser command generates entries in the InfoSphere Information Server installation log. indicating that the user name and password were successfully authenticated. However, you receive a “Permission denied” error.
Note: You must log in as the root user to run the ValidateUser command.
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Modified date:
25 April 2025
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