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SphaZ
PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:36 am 
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Hello,

I use my yubikey to login into my Kali (Debian) 64 bit machine in challange-response hmac-sha1 mode. This generally works very well, however sometimes it doesn't work. But if I try again, it does work.

What I see:

(logged in using Gnome with yubikey without any problems. Start up terminal session...)

Code:
artien@artien-laptop:~$ sudo su -
[sudo] password for artien:
[util.c:get_user_challenge_file(217)] Failed to read serial number (serial-api-visible disabled?).
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(655)] Yubikey core error: timeout
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(664)] Challenge response failed: No such file or directory
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for artien:
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(478)] Failed initializing YubiKey
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(652)] USB error: Access denied (insufficient permissions)
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(664)] Challenge response failed: No such file or directory
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for artien:
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(478)] Failed initializing YubiKey
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(652)] USB error: Access denied (insufficient permissions)
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(664)] Challenge response failed: No such file or directory
Sorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
artien@artien-laptop:~$ sudo su -
[sudo] password for artien:
root@artien-laptop:~#


Yubikey config: challange-response HMAC-SHA1 mode, variable input.

/etc/pam.d/common-auth:
Code:
              auth required  pam_unix.so nullok_secure try_first_pass
              auth [success=1 new_authtok_reqd=ok ignore=ignore default=die]   pam_yubico.so mode=challenge-response


Does anyone have a clue as to why it would fail only sometimes, and then work right away after that?


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Tom
PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:26 am 
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Mmm...could be a timing issue? Did you tried swapping USB port?
When you plug in your Yubikey wait 5-10 seconds before typing the password.

which firmware / yubikey version ?

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SphaZ
PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:38 am 
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Between logging into my desktop and Gnome I don't remove the yubikey...I will try another USB port and waiting a few seconds longer in between.

Firmware version 2.3.3 and I have the basic YUBIKEY USB TOKEN BLACK.

I will let you know..
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SphaZ
PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:12 am 
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I've tried two other USB ports and finally found one that always seems to work. I'm using a Dell Latitude E6530 and it seems that the USB ports on the left and right side both have the same issues, but the USB port on the left-back side works fine all the time.

Very odd but seems a hardware issue, not a software issue so thank you.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:23 am 
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Please can you check the USB bus?

Would be nice to know if broken ports are USB 3.0 and if you can report the USB buss manufacturer

Thank you.

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SphaZ
PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:17 pm 
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Further testing showed that it had to do with a monitor-build-in USB hub causing issues. Removing the USB hub or putting that on the other backside-port fixes all issues.

Note: the screen is also a Dell.
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SphaZ
PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:22 am 
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Hmm, spoke too soon. Despite appearing to work it looks even more complex.

There are 3 USB ports on the Lattitude E6530.

Left, right and left-backside.

Left-backside always works.
Left side works when there is no hub connected, but it throws timeout errors (but still works oddly enough.)
Right side still sometimes does, sometimes doesn't work.
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eworm
PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:49 pm 
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Same issue here on Samsung 530U3C... This happens very seldom, but it is very annoying. Still trying to track this down.
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eworm
PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:52 pm 
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This is the debug output:

Code:
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(738)] called.
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(739)] flags 0 argc 2
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(741)] argv[0]=mode=challenge-response
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(741)] argv[1]=debug
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(742)] id=-1
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(743)] key=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(744)] debug=1
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(745)] alwaysok=0
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(746)] verbose_otp=0
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(747)] try_first_pass=0
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(748)] use_first_pass=0
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(749)] authfile=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(750)] ldapserver=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(751)] ldap_uri=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(752)] ldapdn=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(753)] user_attr=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(754)] yubi_attr=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(755)] yubi_attr_prefix=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(756)] url=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(757)] capath=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(758)] token_id_length=12
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(759)] mode=chresp
[pam_yubico.c:parse_cfg(760)] chalresp_path=(null)
[pam_yubico.c:pam_sm_authenticate(799)] get user returned: root
[util.c:get_user_challenge_file(218)] Failed to read serial number (serial-api-visible disabled?).
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(495)] Loading challenge from file /root/.yubico/challenge
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(511)] Cannot open file: /root/.yubico/challenge (No such file or directory)
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(657)] Yubikey core error: timeout
[pam_yubico.c:do_challenge_response(666)] Challenge response failed: No such file or directory
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eworm
PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:14 pm 
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Ok, took a deeper look:

pam_yubico.so (or whatever, wrote some helper code) calls yk_get_serial(), that calls yk_read_response_from_key(), which then calls yk_wait_for_key_status(). That is where the loop is run until the timeout occures.

Any idea what goes wrong there?
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