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Mar 07, 2018

keep receiving alert of failed authentication from cluster member in f5 audit logs

We keep receiving alert of failed authentication from cluster member

 

From active device version 13.x Mar 5 18:44:25 Big-IP-XXXX info httpd(pam_audit)[XXXXX]: 01070417:6: AUDIT - user admin - RAW: httpd(pam_audit): User=admin tty=(unknown) host=x.x.x.x failed to login after 1 attempts (start="Mon Mar 5 18:44:23 2018" end="Mon Mar 5 18:44:25 2018").

 

where host=x.x.x.x is peer ip(standby)

 

both HA status looks fine, but getting these false login failure alarms in audit logs

 

5 03:51:56 Big-IP-xxxx notice unix_chkpwd[xxxx]: password check failed for user (admin) Mar 5 03:51:56 Big-IP-xxxx notice httpd[xxxx]: pam_unix(httpd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=48 euid=48 tty= ruser= rhost=x.x.x.x user=admin Mar 5 03:51:59 Big-IP-xxxx err httpd[xxxx]: [error] [client x.x.x.x] AUTHCACHE PAM: user 'admin' (fallback: false) - not authenticated: Authentication failure Mar 5 03:51:59 Big-IP-xxxx info httpd(pam_audit)[xxxx]: User=admin tty=(unknown) host=x.x.x.x failed to login after 1 attempts (start="Mon Mar 5 03:51:56 2018" end="Mon Mar 5 03:51:59 2018"). Mar 5 03:51:59 Big-IP-xxxx info httpd(pam_audit)[xxxx]: 01070417:6: AUDIT - user admin - RAW: httpd(pam_audit): User=admin tty=(unknown) host=x.x.x.x failed to login after 1 attempts (start="Mon Mar 5 03:51:56 2018" end="Mon Mar 5 03:51:59 2018"). Mar 5 03:51:59 Big-IP-xxxx err httpd[xxxx]: [error] [client x.x.x.x] no acceptable variant: /usr/local/www/error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var

 

where x.x.x.x is the peer ip