Failing to login to GUI with admin account
I'm experiencing a really strange issue with my Virtual F5 LTM. I'm running BIG-IP 11.6.1 Build 1.0.326 and since two weeks I'm not able to log into the GUI anymore. Neither with the admin account, nor with any other account. The CLI is no issue, I can log in there without any problems. I keep seeing the follow logs in de secure.log: Nov 10 21:09:37 localhost alert httpd[20065]: PAM Couldn't open /var/log/pam/tallylog : Permission denied Nov 10 21:09:37 localhost alert httpd[20065]: pam_tally2(httpd:auth): Error opening /var/log/pam/tallylog for update: Permission denied Nov 10 21:09:39 localhost info httpd(pam_audit)[20065]: User=admin tty=(unknown) host=10.128.1.1 failed to login after 1 attempts (start="Thu Nov 10 21:09:37 2016" end="Thu Nov 10 21:09:39 2016"). Nov 10 21:09:39 localhost info httpd(pam_audit)[20065]: 01070417:6: AUDIT - user admin - RAW: httpd(pam_audit): User=admin tty=(unknown) host=10.128.1.1 failed to login after 1 attempts (start="Thu Nov 10 21:09:37 2016" end="Thu Nov 10 21:09:39 2016"). Nov 10 21:09:45 localhost alert httpd[20071]: PAM Couldn't open /var/log/pam/tallylog : Permission denied Nov 10 21:09:45 localhost alert httpd[20071]: pam_tally2(httpd:auth): Error opening /var/log/pam/tallylog for update: Permission denied Nov 10 21:09:47 localhost info httpd(pam_audit)[20071]: User=admin tty=(unknown) host=10.128.1.1 failed to login after 1 attempts (start="Thu Nov 10 21:09:45 2016" end="Thu Nov 10 21:09:47 2016"). Nov 10 21:09:47 localhost info httpd(pam_audit)[20071]: 01070417:6: AUDIT - user admin - RAW: httpd(pam_audit): User=admin tty=(unknown) host=10.128.1.1 failed to login after 1 attempts (start="Thu Nov 10 21:09:45 2016" end="Thu Nov 10 21:09:47 2016"). Not sure if it's related, but I find it strange that PAM couldnt open the tally log. The file is definately there and permissions seems to be correct. Things I've tried so far without result: resetting the admin password to default creating a new user account with admin rights loading default config set full rights to the tallylog file. uploaded the config to iHealth, no really strange things beside a load of failed loging attempts tried different browsers. Maybe someone else has any suggestions what to do next? I'm kinda stuck now... Thanks in advance.1.7KViews0likes4CommentsNot able to access GUI and SSH to F5 VM
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