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InvalidGuestLogin on rhel 7 with the good ldap account

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Hi,
When it uses pyvmomi for execute a command on a vm rhel 7.8 with ldap account and pam sssd module, the pyvmomi module return vim.fault.InvalidGuestLogin
Whereas it can to connect on the vm console with the same account.
For information, this performs with a sles 12 sp5 vm and with the system configuration.

./VirtualMachine.py --hostname rappdepotrh07lab1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./VirtualMachine.py", line 490, in
vm.updateOs()
File "./VirtualMachine.py", line 274, in updateOs
self.executeCommand(username, password, "/usr/bin/sudo" , "yum -y update --setopt tsflags=test", True)
File "./VirtualMachine.py", line 425, in executeCommand
res = pm.StartProgramInGuest(self.vcvm, creds, ps)
File "/home/vincent.cieslak/Documents/pro/projets/updateos/virtualenv/vcenter/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 706, in
self.f(*(self.args + (obj,) + args), **kwargs)
File "/home/vincent.cieslak/Documentalors ques/pro/projets/updateos/virtualenv/vcenter/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py", line 512, in _InvokeMethod
return self._stub.InvokeMethod(self, info, args)
File "/home/vincent.cieslak/Documents/pro/projets/updateos/virtualenv/vcenter/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pyVmomi/SoapAdapter.py", line 1397, in InvokeMethod
raise obj # pylint: disable-msg=E0702
pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.InvalidGuestLogin: (vim.fault.InvalidGuestLogin) {
dynamicType = ,
dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
msg = 'Failed to authenticate with the guest operating system using the supplied credentials.',
faultCause = ,
faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) []
}
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Start with VirtualMachine.py lines 274 and 425, where executeCommand calls StartProgramInGuest, then compare the RHEL 7.8 LDAP/PAM SSSD setup with the working SLES 12 setup. Reproduce the InvalidGuestLogin path and determine the configuration or code change needed for the supplied account to authenticate successfully.

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linux, python
Domain
authentication, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
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