MFT- Inbound SFTP With SSH Key Not Working And Fails With Error "oracle.igf.ids.AuthenticationException: Null password" (Doc ID 2282910.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 16, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 12.2.1.2.0 version, MFT Runtime Server

MFT- Inbound S FTP with SSH Key not working

Any attempt to SFTP using ssh key (open ssh) from non-MFT to MFT server is prompting for password default.

ERROR
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Error Log :
[2017-06-27T16:16:25.789+00:00] [server name] [ERROR] [] [oracle.mft.SECURITY] [tid: sshd-SshServer[161df447]-nio2-thread-1] [userId: ] [ecid: <ECID>] [APP: mft-app] [partition-name: DOMAIN] [tenant-name: GLOBAL] Exception while Authenticating User :<username>[[
oracle.igf.ids.AuthenticationException: <password>
  at oracle.igf.ids.UserManager.authenticateUser(UserManager.java:516)
  at oracle.igf.ids.UserManager.authenticateUser(UserManager.java:465)
  at oracle.tip.mft.security.IdentityServiceImpl.authenticate(IdentityServiceImpl.java:153)
  at oracle.tip.mft.es.MFTESAuthenticationManagerImpl.authenticate(MFTESAuthenticationManagerImpl.java:91)
  at oracle.tip.es.security.authentication.impl.PasswordAuthenticatorSSH.authenticate(PasswordAuthenticatorSSH.java:101)
  at org.apache.sshd.server.auth.UserAuthPassword.checkPassword(UserAuthPassword.java:60)
  at org.apache.sshd.server.auth.UserAuthPassword.doAuth(UserAuthPassword.java:54)
  at org.apache.sshd.server.auth.AbstractUserAuth.auth(AbstractUserAuth.java:49)
  at org.apache.sshd.server.session.ServerUserAuthService.process(ServerUserAuthService.java:145)
  at org.apache.sshd.common.session.AbstractSession.doHandleMessage(AbstractSession.java:456)
  at org.apache.sshd.common.session.AbstractSession.handleMessage(AbstractSession.java:351)
  at org.apache.sshd.common.session.AbstractSession.decode(AbstractSession.java:810)
  at org.apache.sshd.common.session.AbstractSession.messageReceiv




STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

Connect to embedded SFTP server with key config.

Notice it prompts for password. 

Changes

Cause

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