ODBC/JDBC Auth on openSUSE running PAM/SSSD

Good day Informix gurus, I am looking for help polishing off a configuration with our new IDS instance. O/S: openSUSE Leap 42.1 IDS: 12.10.xC7 CSDK: 4.xxx User authentication has been configured so that most users get authed against the AD. I can't seem to figure out what needs to be done so that my configuration authenticates user logins successfully. I am including the following file excerpts from the different configuration and log files related to this situation: *** Excerpt from $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG file: SERVERNUM 200 DBSERVERNAME dmart0DBSERVERALIASES dmart0prim,dmart0pam *** Excerpt from $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file: dmart0 onipcshm phoenix2.cantrexnw.local online_dmart0 g_dmart0 group - - e=dmart0secdmart0prim onsoctcp phoenix2.cantrexnw.local on_dmart0prim g=g_dmart0 dmart0sec onsoctcp DRPPhoenix on_dmart0sec g=g_dmart0 dmart0pam onsoctcp phoenix2.cantrexnw.local on_dmart0pam s=4,pam_serv=(informix),pamauth=(password) *** Contents of the /etc/pam.d/informix file auth sufficient pam_sss.so auth required pam_unix.so debug # account sufficient pam_sss.so account sufficient pam_localuser.so debug account required pam_unix.so debug Trying to connect to the database server using the SDK's Connect Test Demo interface, I get the following error displayed on the client side ERROR [08004][Informix][Informix ODBC Driver][Informix] Server rejected the connection. and the corresponding logged error(s) can be found in the following /var/log/messages excerpt *** Excerpt from /var/log/messages 2017-05-15T15:00:04.644047-04:00 phoenix2 oninit: pam_sss(informix:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1001 euid=0 tty= ruser=entrepot rhost=cantrexbi.cantrexnw.local user=entrepot 2017-05-15T15:00:04.645713-04:00 phoenix2 oninit: pam_sss(informix:auth): received for user entrepot: 10 (User not known to the underlying authentication module) 2017-05-15T15:00:04.657913-04:00 phoenix2 oninit: pam_unix(informix:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1001 euid=0 tty= ruser=entrepot rhost=cantrexbi.cantrexnw.local user=entrepot I believe that I have tried many combinations so far and I can't seem to determine why AD users are denied access when connecting through a client-server connection. SSH connections work fine (even though they get authenticated through AD and SSSD but I can't seem to find the right settings to get the Informix PAM connections working. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Daniel Dansereau Systemes Logikinfo Inc. daniel.dansereau@logikinfo.com +1 514-262-3166