zimbra "system failure: exception during auth" error

[anandi]

Just started to see this error:

Server error encountered
Message: system failure: exception during auth {RemoteManager: zimbraxxxx.domain.net->zimbra@zimbraxxxx.domain.net:22} Error code: service.FAILURE Details:soap:Receiver



Any ideas what can cause this ?

[anandi]

Ok found this is to do with the ssh port. I have changed ssh port from 22 to 22222. Need to figure out how to convey it to zimbra

[anandi]

Can't seem to fix this. I changed ssh port to 2222 before zimbra install and everything is fine. Now i am getting the above soap error on a single page. I found that zimbra does an internal ssh to the hostname to check for status. Now somewhere its stuck at port 22 and somewhere its using 2222 (because if i change the server ssh port to 22, all zimbra services shutdown)

Any ideas on how to fix this ?

Thanks

[d0s0n]

...Now somewhere its stuck at port 22 and somewhere its using 2222 (because if i change the server ssh port to 22, all zimbra services shutdown)

Hi anandi,
Zimbra needs to make some commands using ssh, the default port is 22. If you need to change that port take a look at zimbraRemoteManagementPort zimbra property:

<attr id="339" name="zimbraRemoteManagementPort" type="integer" cardinality="single" optionalIn="globalConfig,server" flags="serverInherited" callback="CheckPortConflict" requiresRestart="mailbox">
  <globalConfigValue>22</globalConfigValue>
  <desc>Port on which remote management sshd listening on this server.</desc>
</attr>

D0s0n

[anandi]

Hi D0s0n,

I know its the zimbraRemoteManagementPort setting and i found the below command for the same as well:

zmprov ms zimbra102.domain.net zimbraRemoteManagementPort 22222


However when i check the value inside zimbra

zmprov gacf | grep Remote
zimbraRemoteManagementCommand: /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmrcd
zimbraRemoteManagementPort: 22
zimbraRemoteManagementPrivateKeyPath: /opt/zimbra/.ssh/zimbra_identity
zimbraRemoteManagementUser: zimbra

Seems like whatever i do, its ignoring the value given on the command line. Is there a property file which i can change and probably restart zimbra to take the new values ?

Thanks for the help.

[d0s0n]

Hi D0s0n,

I know its the zimbraRemoteManagementPort setting and i found the below command for the same as well:

zmprov ms zimbra102.domain.net zimbraRemoteManagementPort 22222

This command set the property at server level.

However when i check the value inside zimbra

zmprov gacf | grep Remote
zimbraRemoteManagementCommand: /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmrcd
zimbraRemoteManagementPort: 22
zimbraRemoteManagementPrivateKeyPath: /opt/zimbra/.ssh/zimbra_identity
zimbraRemoteManagementUser: zimbra

Seems like whatever i do, its ignoring the value given on the command line. Is there a property file which i can change and probably restart zimbra to take the new values ?

...and with "gacf" command you are asking for the property value at global level, so you need to set the property with this command:

zmprov mcf zimbraRemoteManagementPort 22222

D0s0n

[anandi]

This command set the property at server level.



...and with "gacf" command you are asking for the property value at global level, so you need to set the property with this command:

zmprov mcf zimbraRemoteManagementPort 22222

D0s0n

You are a life saver This changed the port, testing now the interface for errors.

Thanks a ton.