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    Troubleshoot Authentication Issues

    When users fail to authenticate to a Palo Alto Networks firewall or Panorama, or the Authentication process takes longer than expected, analyzing authentication-related information can help you determine whether the failure or delay resulted from:
    • User behavior
      —For example, users are locked out after entering the wrong credentials or a high volume of users are simultaneously attempting access.
    • System or network issues
      —For example, an authentication server is inaccessible.
    • Configuration issues
      —For example, the Allow List of an authentication profile doesn’t have all the users it should have.
    The following CLI commands display information that can help you troubleshoot these issues:
    Task
    Command
    Display the number of locked user accounts associated with the authentication profile (
    auth-profile
    ), authentication sequence (
    is-seq
    ), or virtual system (
    vsys
    ).
    To unlock users, use the following operational command:
    > 
    request
authentication [unlock-admin | unlock-user]
    PA-220> show authentication locked-users 
   { 
   vsys 
    <value>
     | 
   auth-profile 
    <value>
     | 
   is-seq 
      {yes | no}  
      {auth-profile | vsys} 
    <value>
     
   }
    Use the
    debug authentication
     command to troubleshoot authentication events.
    Use the
    show
     options to display authentication request statistics and the current debugging level:
    • show
       displays the current debugging level for the authentication service (authd).
    • show-active-requests
       displays the number of active checks for authentication requests, allow lists, locked user accounts, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requests.
    • show-pending-requests
       displays the number of pending checks for authentication requests, allow lists, locked user accounts, and MFA requests.
    • connection-show
       displays authentication request and response statistics for all authentication servers or for a specific protocol type.
    Use the
    connection-debug
     options to enable or disable authentication debugging:
    • Use the
      on
       option to enable or the
      off
       option to disable debugging for authd.
    • Use the
      connection-debug-on
       option to enable or the
      connection-debug-off
       option to disable debugging for all authentication servers or for a specific protocol type.
    PA-220> debug authentication 
   { 
   on {debug | dump | error | info | warn} | 
   show | 
   show-active-requests | 
   show-pending-requests |     
   connection-show | 
      { 
      connection-id | 
      protocol-type 
         { 
         Kerberos connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         LDAP connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         RADIUS connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         TACACS+ connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         } 
   connection-debug-on | 
      { 
      connection-id | 
      debug-prefix | 
      protocol-type 
         { 
         Kerberos connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         LDAP connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         RADIUS connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         TACACS+ connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         } 
   connection-debug-off | 
      { 
      connection-id | 
      protocol-type 
         { 
         Kerberos connection-id 
    <value>
     | 
         LDAP connection-id <value> | 
         RADIUS connection-id <value> | 
         TACACS+ connection-id <value> | 
         } 
   connection-debug-on 
   }
    Test the connection and validity of the certificate profile.
    PA-220> test authentication authentication-profile auth-profile username 
    <username>
    password 
    <password>
    Troubleshoot a specific authentication using the
    Authentication ID
     displayed in
    Monitor
    Logs
    Authentication
    .
    PA-220> grep 
    <Authentication ID>

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