ASA Client on Linux Not Able to Connect to Server when Using Client Forward
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Advanced Server Access
Okta Classic Engine
Okta Identity Engine
Overview
When using Client Forward through the Advanced Server Access (ASA) gateway, the ASA Client on Linux is unable to connect to the ASA target Server.
The errors below will show on the client server:
error interacting with system keyring: couldn't open session: failed to open secretservice session: The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not
provided by any .service files
CLI Action failed {"error": "error: connection error: desc = \"transport: error while dialing: dial unix /var/run/sftd/client_trust_forwarding/<username>/OCiTmmqVsdfYrsCHkqjUPptwVQNcStxuhatCt.sock: connect:
Applies To
- Advanced Server Access (ASA)
- SFT Client on Ubuntu
- ASA Gateway
Cause
Some Linux distributions will have AllowTcpForwarding disabled by default.
Solution
- Set
AllowTcpForwardingto yes in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file of the gateway server. - Restart the sshd service.
