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NDMP operation fails with error: MD5 AUTH FAILED

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol)

Issue

NDMP operation fails with authentication errors:
 
From the NDMP debug log:
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: DMA>>S V4 sequence=4 (0x4)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: Time_stamp=0x0 (Jan 1 01:00:00 1970)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: message type=0 (NDMP4_MESSAGE_REQUEST)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: message_code=0x901 (NDMP4_CONNECT_CLIENT_AUTH)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: reply_sequence=0 (0x0)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: error_code=0 (NDMP4_NO_ERR)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: auth_type=2 (NDMP4_AUTH_MD5)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: auth_id='vsadmin'
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: auth_digest=46cc26fd94fb6f8d8e5f01a0f14ddaad
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: Is a pure FS cluster, using getpwnam_r
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: Looked up source is 1
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: password length 16
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 0 my aa vs 46
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 1 my b8 vs cc
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 2 my c8 vs 26
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 3 my 7d vs fd
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 4 my 9 vs 94
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 5 my 65 vs fb
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 6 my 14 vs 6f
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 7 my 19 vs 8d
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 8 my 1f vs 8e
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 9 my 4b vs 5f
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 10 my 42 vs 1
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 11 my 4 vs a0
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 12 my fb vs f1
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 13 my 0 vs 4d
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 14 my b8 vs da
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MISMATCH 15 my 22 vs ad
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: AUTH FAILED: challenge compare failed
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] ERROR: MD5 AUTH FAILED MD5 digest mismatch for 'vsadmin'-- bad password (-454285:03:47)
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: rbac login failed vsadmin
Thu Oct 28 2021 15:03:47 +02:00 [kern_ndmpd:info:5279] [56386] DEBUG: MD5 authentication method failed for client [DMA_Address].62514

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