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Likewise Enterprise 5 and Likewise Open 5

Configuring Apache Web Server

For Single Sign-On with Likewise 5
IN THIS DOCUMENT
Abstract
• Setting up an Apache HTTP
Server for single sign-on with Likewise Enterprise 5 lets you join Linux and Unix computers running the
Likewise 5, Kerberos, and Apache HTTP Server to Microsoft Active Directory, yielding a range of
Active Directory.
benefits for users, system administrators, and managers.
• Likewise’s Apache
authentication architecture.
Users get single sign-on: They log on once to a workstation that is
• Generating a keytab file. authenticated through Active Directory and automatically receive Kerberos-
• Troubleshooting authentication. based single sign-on for other computers and applications, including the
• Dealing with common issues. Apache web server. System administrators rest easy with the knowledge
that users accessing your intranet through HTTP are securely
authenticated with Kerberos 5 and authorized for access to the resources
on your Apache web server. Managers see their operational costs drop as
REQUIREMENTS their Linux and Unix computers running Apache are centrally managed
• An Apache HTTP Server 2.0 or within Active Directory. Security managers find help in their quest for
2.2 that supports dynamically regulatory compliance.
loaded modules.
• Likewise Open 5.0 or Likewise This document describes how to configure Likewise and the Apache HTTP
Enterprise 5.0, build 3946 or
later. Server to provide single sign-on authentication through Kerberos.
• The Linux or Unix computer
running Apache must be using About Likewise Enterprise
a platform that Likewise
supports. By joining Linux, Unix, and Mac computers to Active Directory – a secure,
• The Linux or Unix computer scalable, stable, and proven identity management system – Likewise
that is hosting the Apache web
Enterprise gives you the power to manage all your users' identities in one
server is joined to Active
Directory with Likewise. place, use the highly secure Kerberos 5 protocol to authenticate users in
the same way on all your systems, apply granular access controls to
sensitive resources, and centrally administer Linux, Unix, Mac, and
Windows computers with group policies. Likewise includes reporting and
auditing capabilities that can help improve regulatory compliance. The
result: lower operating costs, better security, enhanced compliance.

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Table of Contents
Introduction .........................................................................................................4
Requirements....................................................................................................4
Configure Apache HTTP Server 2.2 for SSO on RHEL 5 ................................6
Configure Firefox for SSO.................................................................................8
Configure Internet Explorer for SSO ...............................................................10
Troubleshooting................................................................................................11
Apache Log File ..............................................................................................12
The Microsoft Kerbtray Utility..........................................................................12
Klist .................................................................................................................12
Common Problems .........................................................................................12
Contact Technical Support ..............................................................................15

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Introduction

This document describes how to configure Likewise and the Apache

HTTP Server to provide single sign-on authentication through Active
Directory with Kerberos 5. The instructions assume that you know how to
administer Active Directory, the Apache HTTP Server, and computers
running Linux.

Single sign-on for the Apache HTTP server uses the Simple and
Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism, or SPNEGO, to negotiate
authentication with Kerberos. SPNEGO is an Internet standard
documented in RFC 2478 at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2478.txt and is
commonly referred to as the "negotiate" authentication protocol. The
Likewise mod_auth_kerb module lets an Apache web server running
on a Linux or Unix system authenticate and authorize users based on
their Active Directory domain credentials.

Important: This topic assumes that you have installed either Likewise
Open 5.0 or Likewise Enterprise 5.0, build 3946 or later, on the Linux
computer running your Apache HTTP Server and that you have joined
the server to Active Directory. With build 3946, Likewise 5.0 began to
include the Apache mod_auth_kerb module in /opt/likewise/apache;
the Likewise version of the mod_auth_kerb module is required to
configure your Apache HTTP Server for single sign-on.

To check whether your build of Likewise Enterprise 5.0 or Likewise Open

5.0 includes mod_auth_kerb, confirm that the following components
exist:

/opt/likewise/apache/2.0/mod_auth_kerb.a
/opt/likewise/apache/2.0/mod_auth_kerb.so
/opt/likewise/apache/2.2/mod_auth_kerb.a
/opt/likewise/apache/2.2/mod_auth_kerb.so

Requirements
Likewise Open 5.0 or later or Likewise Enterprise 5.0 or later, build 3946
or later.

• The Linux or Unix computer that is hosting the Apache web server is
joined to Active Directory.

• An Apache HTTP Server 2.0 or 2.2 that supports dynamically loaded

modules. To check whether your Apache web server supports

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dynamically loaded modules, execute the following command and verify

that mod_so.c appears in the list of compiled modules:

httpd -l

Compiled in modules:

core.c

prefork.c

http_core.c

mod_so.c

For Apache installations that are compiled from the source code, make
sure that --enable-module=so is specified when ./configure is
executed:

./configure --enable-module=so

• Your Kerberos libraries must support SPNEGO. For example, MIT

Kerberos libraries that are version 1.5 and later support SPNEGO; earlier
versions do not. Make sure your Kerberos libraries support SPNEGO by
running ldd:

which httpd
/usr/sbin/httpd
ldd /usr/sbin/httpd

In the results, find the line that references libgssapi:

libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x00231000)

Finally, query the version number of the library and make sure it is 1.5 or
later:

rpm -qif /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2

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Name : krb5-libs Relocations: (not relocatable)

Version : 1.5 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release : 17 Build Date: Tue 16 Jan 2007 10:01:00 AM PST
Install Date: Fri 14 Dec 2007 09:09:44 AM PST Build Host: ls20-bc1-13.build.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Libraries Source RPM: krb5-1.5-17.src.rpm
Size : 1333337 License: MIT, freely distributable.
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Wed 17 Jan 2007 10:57:33 AM PST, Key ID 5326810137017186
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL : http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/
Summary : The shared libraries used by Kerberos 5.
Description :
Kerberos is a network authentication system. The krb5-libs package
contains the shared libraries needed by Kerberos 5. If you are using
Kerberos, you need to install this package.
[root@rhel5d sbin]#

Configure Apache HTTP Server 2.2 for SSO on RHEL 5

The following instructions demonstrate how to configure Likewise and

Apache for SSO on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 computer. The steps
vary by operating system and by Apache version. Ubuntu, in particular,
uses apache2 instead of httpd for commands, the name of the
daemon, the configuration directory, the name of the configuration file,
and so forth.

Important: Configuring web servers is complex. Before you deploy your

configuration to a production web server, implement and test it in a test
environment. More: Before you change your web server's configuration,
read and understand the Apache HTTP Server documentation at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/ and the mod_auth_kerb documentation at
http://modauthkerb.sourceforge.net/configure.html.

1. Determine whether your Apache server is 2.0 or 2.2:

httpd -v

Server version: Apache/2.2.3

Server built: Nov 29 2006 06:33:19

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2. Edit your Apache configuration file --

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf -- to add a directive to load
the Likewise auth_kerb_module for your version of Apache. Since
my Red Hat computer is running Apache 2.2.3, I have added the
2.2 version of the module to the list after the other auth modules
(which were already listed in the file):

LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so

LoadModule auth_kerb_module
/opt/likewise/apache/2.2/mod_auth_kerb.so

3. In /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, configure authentication

for a directory and then restart the web server; example:

<Directory "/var/www/html/secure">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
AuthType Kerberos
AuthName "Kerberos Login"
KrbAuthRealms LIKEWISEDEMO.COM
Krb5Keytab /etc/apache2/http.ktb
Require valid-user
</Directory>

4. Configure your web server for Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

Important: If SSO fails and you have not turned on SSL, your
server will prompt you for an ID and password -- which will be
sent in clear text. SSL encrypts all data that passes between the
client browser and the web server. SSL can also perform Basic
Authentication in a secure fashion, providing a fallback
mechanism in the event that Kerberos authentication fails. Using
SSL is especially important if the protected web site also needs to
be accessible from outside the corporate network. For more
information, see
http://modauthkerb.sourceforge.net/configure.html.

5. In Active Directory, create a user account for the Apache web

server in the same OU (or, with Likewise Enterprise, cell) to which
the Linux computer hosting the web server is joined. Set the
password of the user account to never expire. In the examples

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that follow, the user account for my Apache web server is named
httpUser.

6. On the domain controller, create an RC4-HMAC keytab for the

Apache web server by using Microsoft's ktpass utility. For
information on ktpass, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/cc776746.aspx. Example:

C:\>ktpass /out keytabfile /princ

HTTP/[email protected]
/pass SkiAlta2008 /mapuser likewisedemo\httpUser
Targeting domain controller: steveh-
dc.likewisedemo.com
Using legacy password setting method
Successfully mapped HTTP/rhel5d.likewisedemo.com
to httpUser.
Key created.
Output keytab to keytabfile:
Keytab version: 0x502
keysize 80
HTTP/[email protected]
ptype 0 (KRB5_NT_UNKNOWN) vno 3 etype 0x17 (RC4-
HMAC) keylength 16
(0x2998807dc299940e2c6c81a08315c596)

7. Use secure FTP or another method to transfer the keytab file to

the Linux computer that hosts your Apache web server and place
the file in the location specified in your <Directory>
configuration in httpd.conf. For example, using the
configuration shown in Step 3 above, the keytab file would be
placed in /etc/apache2/http.ktb.

8. Set the permissions of the keytab file to be readable by the ID

under which the Apache web server runs and no one else.

Important: The Kerberos keytab file is necessary to authenticate

incoming requests. It contains an encrypted, local copy of the
host’s key and, if compromised, might allow unrestricted access
to the host computer. It is therefore crucial to protect it with file-
access permissions.

Configure Firefox for SSO

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To set up Firefox for single sign-on, you must turn on the Simple and
Protected GSS-API Negotiation Mechanism, or SPNEGO, to negotiate
authentication with Kerberos.

1. Open Firefox.

2. In the Go box, type about:config, and then click Go.

3. In the Filter box, type uris.

4. Double-click network.negotiate-auth.trused-uris, enter a

comma-separated list of URL prefixes or domains that are
permitted to engage in SPNEGO authentication with the browser,
and then click OK:

Example:

5. Double-click network.negotiate-auth.delegation-uris, enter a

comma-separated list of the sites for which the browser may
delegate user authorization to the server, and then click OK.

For more information on how to configure Firefox, see

http://grolmsnet.de/kerbtut/firefox.html.

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Configure Internet Explorer for SSO

Here's how to configure Internet Explorer 7.0 to use SPNEGO and
Kerberos. The settings for other versions of IE might vary; see your
browser's documentation for more information.

1. Start Internet Explorer 7.0.

2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

3. Click the Advanced tab and make sure that the Enable
Integrated Windows Authentication box is selected:

4. Click the Security tab.

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5. Select a zone -- for example, Local intranet -- and then click

Custom level.

6. In the Settings list, under User Authentication, click Automatic

logon with current user name and password for a trusted site,
or Automatic logon only in Intranet zone for a site you added
to IE's list of Intranet sites. For more information, see your
browser's documentation.

7. Return to the Security tab for Internet Options and set your web
server as a trusted site.

8. Restart Internet Explorer.

Troubleshooting

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There are some tools that can help diagnose problems with Kerberos
authentication.

Apache Log File

The location of the Apache error logs is specified in the Apache
configuration file under the ErrorLog directive. Example directive from
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf on RHEL 5:

ErrorLog logs/error_log

The Microsoft Kerbtray Utility

The Microsoft Kerbtray.exe utility, part of the Windows 2000 Resource
Kit, can verify whether Internet Explorer obtained a Kerberos ticket for
your web server. You can download the utility at the following URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4E3A58BE-
29F6-49F6-85BE-E866AF8E7A88&displaylang=en

Klist
You can use the klist utility in /opt/likewise/bin/klist to check
the Kerberos keytab file on a Linux or Unix computer. The command
shows all the service principal tickets contained in the keytab file so you
can verify that the correct service principal names appear. Confirm that
HTTP/[email protected] and
HTTP/[email protected] appear in the list. It
is normal to see multiple entries for the same name.

Example:

klist -k krb5_myserver.keytab
Keytab name: FILE:krb5_myserver.keytab
KVNO Principal
---- ------------------------------------------------------------
--------------
6 HTTP/[email protected]
6 HTTP/[email protected]
6 HTTP/[email protected]
6 HTTP/[email protected]
6 HTTP/[email protected]
6 HTTP/[email protected]

If your service principal names are incorrect, generate a new Kerberos

keytab file.

Common Problems

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Authentication problems can be difficult to diagnose. First, check all the

configuration parameters, including the validity of the keytab file. Second,
make sure none of the common problems listed in the following table are
sabotaging authentication.

Problem Solution

The system's clock is The Kerberos standard requires that

out of sync. system clocks be no more than 5 minutes
apart. Make sure that the system clocks on
the Active Directory domain controller, the
Linux or Unix web server, and the client are
synchronized.

The user accessing If Kerberos ticket was obtained on the client

the web site is not on or the user correctly entered his credentials
the require list during the Basic Authentication prompt, it
might be because authentication worked
but the authorization failed. If so, the
Apache error_log will contain a line like this:

access to / failed, reason: user

MYDOMAIN\\user not allowed access

Add the user to the require user directive or

add the user’s group to the require group
directive.

The user accessing If the client user is logged on a domain

the web site is logged different from the domain of the web server,
on the wrong domain. one of two things will happen:

If the KrbMethodK5Passwd directive is set

to on, or was not specified and thus
defaults to on, the user will be prompted for
credentials.

If KrbMethodK5Passwd is set to off,

authentication will fail and the Authorization
Required page will be displayed.

Internet Explorer does This problem commonly occurs when the

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not consider the URL web site is accessed by using a URL that
to be part of the Local includes the full domain name, such as
Intranet zone or the https://myserver.mydomain.com. Internet
Trusted sites. Explorer tries to obtain Kerberos tickets
only for web sites that are in the Local
Intranet zone.

Try to access the web site by using only the

server name, for example https://myserver.

Or, you can add the URL to a list of Local

Intranet sites or the trusted sites by
changing your options in Internet Explorer.

The service principal Although this problem is rare, it is difficult to

name of the web site diagnose because the error messages are
is mapped to more vague. The problem can occur after the
than one object in the ktpass utility was used repeatedly to
Active Directory. generate a Kerberos keytab file for the web
server.

To check for this problem, log on your

Active Directory domain controller and open
the Event Viewer. Look for an event of
type=Error, source=KDC, and event ID=11.
The text of the event will be similar to the
message below:

There are multiple accounts with name

HTTP/myserver.mydomain.com of type
DS_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME.

To fix the problem, find the computer or

user objects that were used to map the
service principal name in Active Directory
and then use the ADSI Edit to manually
remove the
“HTTP/myserver.mydomain.com” string
from the servicePrincipalName object
property.

Example of how to find an object named

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HTTP by using Ldp:

Contact Technical Support

For either post-sales technical support or for free technical support

during an evaluation period, please visit the Likewise support web page
at http://www.likewisesoftware.com/support/. You can use the support
page to register for support, submit incidents, and receive direct
technical assistance.

Technical support may ask for your Likewise version, Linux version, and
Microsoft Windows version. To find the Likewise product version, in the
Likewise Console, on the menu bar, click Help, and then click About.

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ABOUT LIKEWISE

Likewise Software is an open source company that provides audit and authentication
solutions designed to improve security, reduce operational costs and help
demonstrate regulatory compliance in mixed network environments. Likewise Open
allows large organizations to securely authenticate Linux, UNIX and Mac systems
with a unified directory such as Microsoft Active Directory. Additionally, Likewise
Enterprise includes world-class group policy, audit and reporting modules.
Likewise Software is a Bellevue, WA-based software company funded by leading
venture capital firms Ignition Partners, Intel Capital, and Trinity Ventures. Likewise
has experienced management and engineering teams in place and is led by senior
executives from leading technology companies such as Microsoft, F5 Networks,
EMC and Mercury.

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