3.5. Developers Connecting to a Gear are Disconnected Immediately


When connecting directly to a gear, for example when a git clone is performed, a developer can authenticate successfully, but then be disconnected by the remote host. This could be due to PAM being misconfigured. An example of this error is shown in the output below.
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$ rhc app create -n apps -t php -a testing

Creating application 'testing'
==============================
  Scaling:   no
  Gear Size: default
  Cartridge: php
  Namespace: apps
Password: ********

Your application's domain name is being propagated worldwide (this might take a minute)...
The authenticity of host 'testing-apps.example.com (x.x.x.x)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is [...].
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/test/testing/.git/
done

Error in git clone - Warning: Permanently added 'testing-apps.example.com' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/oo-trap-user", line 134, in <module>
	read_env_vars()
  File "/usr/bin/oo-trap-user", line 64, in read_env_vars
	fp = open(os.path.expanduser('~/.env/') + env, 'r')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/openshift/a7a330ee62ae467ca6d74cd0ce29742a/.env/OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME'

fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Ensure that PAM is correctly configured by performing the steps located in the Configuring PAM section of the OpenShift Enterprise Deployment Guide. Note that pam_selinux should be changed to pam_openshift in /etc/pam.d/sshd, and a line with pam_namespace.so should be at the end of each file modified. If your change management system overwrote these settings, ensure that your system will retain the correctly modified files in the future.
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