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How to config SSH authentication with all 3 components: publickey, password and OTP

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**Update 1**: I'm able to apply all publickey + password + OTP with this basic config in /etc/pam.d/common-auth.
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auth [success=ok] pam_unix.so
auth [success=1] pam_google_authenticator.so nullok echo_verification_code  [authtok_prompt=Enter your OTP:]
auth    requisite                       pam_deny.so
auth    required                        pam_permit.so
I will try to apply pam_faillock.so to this as the original plan. --------- **Original question:** I'm using Debian 10 and 12 and would like to make my users only successfully SSH to the server if they have matched publickey, then input their password, and then follow with OTP (google-authenticator). In short, SSH should require publickey + password + OTP. I already successfully config the combination of publickey + password or publickey + OTP, but still struggle to combine all of the three. Please help me configure it. My try so far: /etc/pam.d/common-auth
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auth    required       pam_faillock.so preauth audit silent deny=5 unlock_time=1800
auth    sufficient     pam_unix.so try_first_pass
auth    [default=die]  pam_faillock.so authfail audit deny=5 fail_interval=120 unlock_time=1800
auth    sufficient     pam_faillock.so authsucc audit deny=5 fail_interval=120 unlock_time=1800
auth    required [success=1] pam_google_authenticator.so echo_verification_code
auth    requisite      pam_deny.so
auth    required       pam_permit.so
/etc/pam.d/sshd
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@include common-auth
account    required     pam_nologin.so
@include common-account
session [success=ok ignore=ignore module_unknown=ignore default=bad]        pam_selinux.so close
session    required     pam_loginuid.so
session    optional     pam_keyinit.so force revoke
@include common-session
session    optional     pam_motd.so  motd=/run/motd.dynamic
session    optional     pam_motd.so noupdate
session    optional     pam_mail.so standard noenv # Referenced image
session    required     pam_limits.so
session    required     pam_env.so # Referenced image
session    required     pam_env.so user_readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale
session [success=ok ignore=ignore module_unknown=ignore default=bad]        pam_selinux.so open
@include common-password
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
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Include /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/*.conf
MaxAuthTries 5
MaxSessions 1
PubkeyAuthentication yes
PasswordAuthentication yes
PermitEmptyPasswords no
KbdInteractiveAuthentication yes
UsePAM yes
X11Forwarding yes
PrintMotd no
ClientAliveInterval 60
ClientAliveCountMax 15
AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
Subsystem       sftp    /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes
AuthenticationMethods publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
When trying to connect: ssh -i user@server -vvv
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debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey
debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: 
debug3: sign_and_send_pubkey: 
debug3: sign_and_send_pubkey: signing using rsa-sha2-512
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 51
Authenticated with partial success.
debug1: Authentications that can continue: password
debug3: start over, passed a different list password
debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_lookup password
debug3: remaining preferred: ,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled password
debug1: Next authentication method: password
user@server's password:
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a password packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 51
Authenticated with partial success.
debug1: Authentications that can continue: keyboard-interactive
debug3: start over, passed a different list keyboard-interactive
debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_lookup keyboard-interactive
debug3: remaining preferred: password
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled keyboard-interactive
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug2: userauth_kbdint
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a keyboard-interactive packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 60
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: entering
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: num_prompts 1
(user@server) Password:
debug3: send packet: type 61
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: keyboard-interactive
debug2: userauth_kbdint
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a keyboard-interactive packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 60
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: entering
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: num_prompts 1
(user@server) Password:
debug3: send packet: type 61
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: keyboard-interactive
debug2: userauth_kbdint
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a keyboard-interactive packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 60
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: entering
debug2: input_userauth_info_req: num_prompts 1
(user@server) Password:
debug3: send packet: type 61
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: keyboard-interactive
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
user@server: Permission denied (keyboard-interactive).
enter image description here It failed in step 3 (keyboard-interactive), and some things were different from the normal OTP verification: - It did not ask for the Verification code: but just asked (user@server) Password:. - It did not show the raw OTP code when I inputted despite config echo_verification_code in common-auth. P/s: I also configured pam_faillock.so to lockout users for failed login attempts.
Asked by TungNS (21 rep)
Apr 19, 2024, 03:46 AM
Last activity: Apr 22, 2024, 06:57 AM