To provide debug information for user authentication problems, set an environment variable:
PSC_AUTH_DEBUG. It just has to exist, the value doesn't matter.
[WINDOWS] set PSC_AUTH_DEBUG=D
[UNIX] PSC_AUTH_DEBUG=D; export PSC_AUTH_DEBUG
After setting the PSC_AUTH_DEBUG environment variable, authentication debugging information for the user account that tries to start or stop the AdminServer (proadsv) or run the *man cmds (dbman, asbman, wtbman, nsman) is created in an output file : "authdbg.log"
Example: After starting the AdminServer successfully:
$ proadsv -start -port 22931 -adminport 22932
# authdbg.log
IN whoami
{HOSTNAME} returns: DOMAIN\thisbeme
IN validate_account DOMAIN\thisbeme xxxxxx (null)
IN testUserPasswordForNull DOMAIN\thisbeme xxxxxx
LookupAccountName for DOMAIN\thisbeme
LookupAccountName returned domainNm = {DOMAIN}
IN {HOSTNAME}
{HOSTNAME} returns: DOMAIN\thisbeme
IN validatePassword thisbeme xxxxxx {DOMAIN}
IN isGeneratedPassword = xxxxxxxx
IN authorizeUser thisbeme NULL {DOMAIN}
Return status of authorizeUser = 1
Return status of validate_account = 1
Example: Running an AdminServer Client that fails (example nsman)
$ nsman -query -name NS1 -port 22931 -user {username}
IN {HOSTNAME}
{HOSTNAME} returns: DOMAIN\thisbeme
IN get_password Enter password for user [thisbeme] : xxxxxx
IN GetConsoleInput
OUT GetConsoleInput
OUT get_password
Got password (length = 13)
IN validate_account thisbeme xxxxxx (null)
IN testUserPasswordForNull thisbeme xxxxxx
LookupAccountName for thisbeme
LookupAccountName returned domainNm = {DOMAIN}
IN {HOSTNAME}
{HOSTNAME} returns: DOMAIN\thisbeme
IN validatePassword thisbeme xxxxxx {DOMAIN}
IN isGeneratedPassword = xxxxxxxx
IN validateUserPassword thisbeme xxxxxx {DOMAIN}
Failed to authenticate the user: The user name or password is incorrect.
Return status of validate_account = 0
Since OpenEdge 10.2B authentication debugging was extended for process (permissions) on OpenEdge executable's, which provides the debugging output instead to PSCAUTH<pid>.log. Further information is provided in Article:
