Locking is per-server because replicating the last login time is
expensive and known to cause issues.

Glad you got the reason identified.

rob

Russell Jones via FreeIPA-users wrote:
> To follow up on this - My problem was caused by the account getting
> locked because of password failures. I guess when an account gets locked
> for this reason it only gets locked on that one IPA server....? Either
> way, problem solved.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM Russell Jones <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     Trying to figure out what is going on and how to correct this issue.
> 
>     We have a 4 node cluster of FreeIPA servers, and node 3 can no
>     longer authenticate one single user (so far... that's the only one I
>     have found) at random intervals. "Password incorrect". If I take
>     that user's password and try to login to the web UI on that problem
>     FreeIPA server, it indeed does not authenticate. 
> 
>     If I take the same creds to the other 3, it authenticates fine.
> 
>     I have tried a force sync, as well as rebooting the node and it
>     fixes it for an indeterminate amount of time and then that one user
>     fails again to authenticate to just that one replica.
>     ipa-replica-manage list shows everything is in sync between
>     everybody as best I can tell. 
> 
>     Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
> 
> 

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