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MAC Client Basic Authentication + error 401

Hi together,

we have an ocs inventory server running on debian in version 2.6. Configured with https and basic authentification.

Everything is working fine with Windows Agents but I have troubles to get the MAC OS X clients to work. On client side, i get:

Cannot establish communication : 401 Unauthorized

So on sever side i seen that the client reach the right /ocsinventory path but with a total strange user:

 IPADDRESS- - [07/May/2020:13:50:34 +0200] "POST /ocsinventory HTTP/1.1" 401 5184 "-" "OCS-NG_unified_unix_agent_v2.6.1"
IPADDRESS- \xb2\xd6\xab}\xa7\x1e [07/May/2020:13:50:34 +0200] "POST /ocsinventory HTTP/1.1" 401 714 "-" "OCS-NG_unified_unix_agent_v2.6.1"

I have specified the realm, user and the password in the ocsinventory-agent.cfg in mac os with the following syntax:

server=https://FQDN:443/ocsinventory

realm="OCS Inventory agent area" (like in the server config file on ocs server)

user=USERNAME (plain text)

password=PASSWORD (plain text)

ssl=1

According to the access.log above the user name in plain text isn't recognize wright from an interpreter. Or do need to put it in a special format.

Thx,

Robbat

in OCS Inventory NG agent for MacOS X by (180 points)

2 Answers

+1 vote
Hi,

try adding username and password to the https string of server line.

eg. server=https://username:password@FQDN:443/ocsinventory

Please keep in mind, that username and password will also be stored in the lib/ocsinventory-agent directory.

Best

Frank
by (200 points)
0 votes
Hi Frank,

thanks for help. Works like a charm!

GreeTz

Robbat
by (180 points)
 
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