Created on
01-10-2025
12:28 AM
Edited on
05-08-2025
06:33 AM
By
Stephen_G
Description |
This article describes how to troubleshoot intermittent users unable to authenticate via FortiAuthProxy. Since the issue is intermittent, means that the configuration is correct but another factor that causing the issue. |
Scope |
FortiAuthProxy. |
Solution |
First, look at the log store in /var/log/ftnt/ with the filename fortiauthproxy.log using the below command:
Check whether there is any of the following error messages:
If the above error message is shown in the log, the problem is due to a timeout event of the LDAP on the client side.
Increase the LDAP client timeout value to above 60 seconds but preferably 90 seconds. Refer to the LDAP client user guide on how to configure the timeout as some may refer to different setting names as below example:
FortiAuthenticator = LDAP Server Response Timeout (Authentication -> Remote Auth. Server -> General). |
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